Mark 12:25

Mark 12:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Context of Mark 12:25

23You 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. All 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. 26But God does make dead people alive again! You have read what Moses wrote about the bush in the wilderness. There, God said to Moses, “I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.” 27God is not the God of people who are dead. He is the God of people who are alive. So you see, you are very wrong.’

Mark 12:25 word by word

ὅταν γὰρ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῶσιν, οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται ἀλλ᾽ εἰσὶν ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• they shall riseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• theyγαμέωgameō · to marryG1060
• neitherοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• are given in marriageγαμίσκω, γαμίζωgamiskō · to give in marriageG1061
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• which areὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Mark 12:25

• Matthew 22:30One day, God will raise people up after they have died. They will become alive again. But then men and women will not marry. They will not have husbands or wives. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
• Luke 20:35But God has chosen some people to live again with him. He will raise them up after they have died. Those people will not marry. They will not have husbands or wives,
• 1 Corinthians 15:42It is like that when God raises a dead person to a new life. We bury the dead person's body in the ground and it becomes spoiled. But when God raises it up, it will live for ever.
• Hebrews 12:22But as believers in Christ, you have not come to God in that way. You have come to Mount Zion. You have come to the city of the true God who lives. You have come to the city of Jerusalem that is in heaven. There are many thousands of happy angels all together in that place.
• 1 John 3:2My friends, we are already children of God. We do not yet know clearly what we will become. But we do know this: when Christ returns to this world, we will become like him. We will be like him because we will see him as he really is.

Commentaries on Mark 12:25

• 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. 24-27Jesus gave two answers. First, he corrected the Sadducees because they did not understand the Scriptures (the Old Testament). The resurrection of the dead is shown most clearly in the Prophets (Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:1–14) and the Writings (Job 19:26; Psalms 16:9–11; 49:15; 73:23–26; Daniel 12:2). But the Sadducees accepted only the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy). So Jesus answered them from the Torah. God called himself…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage--"neither can they die any more" (Lu 20:36). 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. but are as the angels which are in heaven--In Luke (Lu 20:36) it is "equal unto the angels." But as the subject is death and resurrection, we are not warranted to extend the…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 12:25

• Angel (a Spirit)
• 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