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Luke 20

Luke 20:37

The Sadducees and the Resurrection · Luke 20:27–40
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Translations

Modern
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
Traditional
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Literal
But that the dead are raised even Moses showed at the bush, as he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’
Latin
Quia vero resurgant mortui, et Moyses ostendit secus rubum, sicut dicit Dominum, Deum Abraham, et Deum Isaac, et Deum Jacob.

Original

Greek
English
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Notes

Luke 20:37

  • After answering the Sadducees’ question about marriage, Jesus turned to the larger question of the resurrection (rising from the dead).

  • Even Moses demonstrates that: Jesus used the books of Moses to show that the resurrection is true. These books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) were the only Scripture the Sadducees recognized as authoritative.

  • the God of Abraham … Jacob: God called himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob long after these patriarchs had died. Since he was still their God, they must have had a continuing existence after death.

Luke 20:1–47

In this series of controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders of Jerusalem, they repeatedly questioned and challenged him, and he repeatedly outmatched them with his spiritual wisdom, insight, and authority.

Events

Parallels

Matthew 22:23–33 Mark 12:18–27

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Burning Bush Genesis, Book of Heaven Inheritance Luke, Gospel of Moses Sadducees

Topics

Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Jesus, the Christ: Tested by the Sadducees Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead (In Jerusalem) Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning Sadducees: Reject the Doctrine of the Resurrection