Mark 12:23

Mark 12:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
• New International Version (NIV)At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, in the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife.”

Context of Mark 12:23

21So the second brother married her. He also died without children. Then the third brother married this woman. 22And the same thing happened to all seven brothers. They all died but they had no children. After all this, the woman also died. You teach that at some time dead people will become alive again. On that day, whose wife will that woman be? She had married all seven of those brothers.’ 24Jesus said to the Sadducees, ‘You are very wrong. This is because you do not know the Bible. And you do not know how powerful God is. 25All people who have died will become alive again one day. But then men and women will not marry. They will not have husbands or wives. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

Mark 12:23 word by word

ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει ὅταν ἀναστῶσιν τίνος αὐτῶν ἔσται γυνή; οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• they shall riseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• whoseτίςtis · which?G5101
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• shall she beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• the sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192

Commentaries on Mark 12:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23When they shall rise - This clause is wanting in BCDL, four others, Syriac, later Arabic, later Persic, Coptic, Saxon, and two of the Itala. Griesbach leaves it doubtful.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 See this passage fully explained in the notes at Matthew 22:23-33. Mark 12:25 Are as the angels - That is, as the angels in respect to connections and relations. What those connections and relations may be we know not, but this passage teaches that the special relation of “marriage” will not exist. It does not affirm, however, that there will be no recollection of former marriages, or no recognition of each other as having existed in this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 A right knowledge of the Scripture, as the fountain whence all revealed religion now flows, and the foundation on which it is built, is the best preservative against error. Christ put aside the objection of the Sadducees, who were the scoffing infidels of that day, by setting the doctrine of the future state in a true light. The relation between husband and wife, though appointed in the earthly paradise, will not be known in the heavenly one…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-27This is the third controversy story of the series begun in 11:27. As in most New Testament references to the Sadducees, the setting is the temple (Matthew 22:23–33; Luke 20:27–40; Acts 4:1–3; 5:12, 17; 22:30–23:10; the exceptions are Matthew 3:7; 16:1–12). The Sadducees’ question (Mark 12:19–23) was carefully crafted and based on a commandment of Moses (Deuteronomy 25:5–6; see Genesis 38:6–11; Ruth 4:1–22). Since all seven men could not have the woman as…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. In the resurrection therefore when they shall rise, &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 12:23

• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage
• Resurrection
• Sadducees
• Satire

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Commentaries on Mark 12

• 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