Luke 20:38

and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

37'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

39And certain of the scribes answering said, 'Teacher, thou didst say well;'

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Cross References

Psalms 16:5Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.

Psalms 145:1Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.

John 11:25Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

Romans 6:10for in that he died, to the sin he died once, and in that he liveth, he liveth to God;

Romans 14:7For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

2 Corinthians 13:4for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward 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 →

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