Luke 20:38
He is not a God of dead, but of living men, for to Him are all living."
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
39Then some of the Scribes replied, "Rabbi, you have spoken well."
Cross References
John 11:25"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;
Romans 6:10Death has no longer any power over Him. For by the death which He died He became, once for all, dead in relation to sin; but by the life which He now lives He is alive in relation to God.
Romans 14:7For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
2 Corinthians 13:4For though it is true that He was crucified through weakness, yet He now lives through the power of God. We also are weak, sharing His weakness, but with Him we shall be full of life to deal with you through the power of God.
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 →