Luke 20:38
Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for they all live to him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
In Context
39And some of the Scribes answered, and said to him: Teacher, thou hast spoken well.
Cross References
John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.
Romans 6:10For in dying, he died for sin, once; and in living, he liveth unto God.
Romans 14:7For there is not one of us, who liveth for himself: and there is not one, who dieth for himself.
2 Corinthians 13:4For, though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of God. We also are weak with him; yet we are alive with him, by that power of God which is among you.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:28-39
The Cavil of the Sadducees. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like… Read the whole commentary →