Luke 20:36

Luke 20:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
• New International Version (NIV)and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
• New King James Version (NKJV)nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

Context of Luke 20:36

34Jesus told them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. For they can no longer die, because they are like angels and are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection. 37Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to him.”

Luke 20:36 word by word

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν ἔτι δύνανται, ἰσάγγελοι γάρ εἰσιν, καὶ υἱοί εἰσιν θεοῦ τῆς ἀναστάσεως υἱοὶ ὄντες.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·γάρgar · forG1063
• Neitherοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• they dieἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• any moreἔτιeti · stillG2089
• they areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• equal unto the angelsἰσάγγελοςisaggelos · like an angelG2465
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• of the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386

Cross-references for Luke 20:36

• Isaiah 25:8When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.
• Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your barbs? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
• 1 Corinthians 15:26The last enemy to be abolished is death.
• Philippians 3:21He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
• Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
• Revelation 21:4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away.
• Revelation 22:2down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,
• Zechariah 3:7“This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.
• Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.
• Mark 12:25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.
• 1 Corinthians 15:49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
• Revelation 5:6Then I saw one like a slaughtered lamb standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.
• Revelation 7:9After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.
• Revelation 22:9But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you, your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
• Romans 8:17and if children, also heirs — heirs of God and coheirs with Christ — if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

Commentaries on Luke 20:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Equal unto the angels - Who neither marry nor die. See the Jewish testimonies to the resurrection of the human body quoted at length on 1 Corinthians 15:42; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-38Verses 20-38 See this explained in the Mark 12:13-27 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-38Verses 27-38 It is common for those who design to undermine any truth of God, to load it with difficulties. But we wrong ourselves, and wrong the truth of Christ, when we form our notions of the world of spirits by this world of sense. There are more worlds than one; a present visible world, and a future unseen world; and let every one compare this world and that world, and give the preference in his thoughts and cares to that which deserves them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36because they are like the angels: Angels are not married, and they are immortal. The Bible never teaches that people become angels (compare Hebrews 1:5–2:18), but that we will be like them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. neither ... die any more--Marriage is ordained to perpetuate the human family; but as there will be no breaches by death in the future state, this ordinance will cease. equal--or "like." unto the angels--that is, in the immortality of their nature. children of God--not in respect of character but nature; "being the children of the resurrection" to an undecaying existence (Ro 8:21, 23). And thus the children of their Father's immortality (1Ti 6:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:36

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Dead (People)
• Death
• Heaven
• Immortality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Resurrection
• Righteous
• Sadducees

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Children of God
• Angel
• Heaven
• Body, Spiritual
• Celestial
• Equal
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings