Luke 20:27

Luke 20:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
• New International Version (NIV)Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

Context of Luke 20:27

25And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God. 26And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent. And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up [to him], 28demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother. 29There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

Luke 20:27 word by word

Προσελθόντες δέ τινες τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι, ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸνRead the interlinear

• SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaios · SadduceeG4523
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• comingπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334

Cross-references for Luke 20:27

• Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.
• Matthew 22:23On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,
• Mark 12:18And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,
• Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
• Acts 5:17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,
• Acts 23:6But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.
• 1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among [the] dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead?
• 2 Timothy 2:17and their word will spread as a gangrene; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

Commentaries on Luke 20:27

• 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. 27the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection: See "The Sadducees" Profile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3427-34. no resurrection--"nor angel nor spirit" (Ac 23:8); the materialists of the day.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:27

• Jesus, the Christ
• Resurrection
• Sadducees

In the dictionaries

• Deny
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Resurrection
• Sadducees
• Sadducee

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