Luke 20:27

Some of the Sadducees, that denied the again-rising from death to life [or the resurrection], came, and asked him.

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In The King James Version

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

In Context

26And they might not reprove his word before the people; and they wondered in his answer, and held (their) peace.

28and said, Master (or Teacher), Moses wrote to us, if the brother of any man have a wife, and he be dead [or died], and he was without heirs [or free children], that his brother take his wife, and raise (up) seed to his brother.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and the Sadducees came to him tempting [him], and prayed him to show them a token from heaven. (And the Pharisees and the Sadducees came to him to test him, and beseeched him to show them a sign from heaven.)

Matthew 16:12Then they understood, that he said not to beware of [the] sourdough of loaves, but of the teaching of (the) Pharisees and of (the) Sadducees. (Then they understood, that he did not say to beware of the yeast, or the leaven, of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.)

Mark 12:18And (some) Sadducees, that say that there is no resurrection, came to him, and asked him, and said,

Acts 5:17But the prince of priests rose up (or But the High Priest rose up), and all that were with him, that is the heresy of (the) Sadducees, and (they) were filled with envy;

1 Corinthians 15:12And if Christ is preached, that he rose again from death [or that he rose again from (the) dead], how say some men among you, that the again-rising of dead men is not? (And if it be preached, that the Messiah rose again from the dead, then how can some men among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?)

Matthew Henry on Luke 20:21-27

Christ's Enemies Nonplussed. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why… Read the whole commentary →

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