Mark 12:24

Mark 12:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.

Context of Mark 12:24

22And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife." Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

Mark 12:24 word by word

ἔφη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐ διὰ τοῦτο πλανᾶσθε μὴ εἰδότες τὰς γραφὰς μηδὲ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Do yeπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thereforeοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• ye knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notμήmē · notG3361
• the scripturesγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
• neitherμηδέmēde · norG3366
• the powerδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Mark 12:24

• Isaiah 8:20To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
• Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.
• Hosea 6:6For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
• Hosea 8:12Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
• Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
• John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
• John 20:9for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
• Acts 17:11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
• Romans 15:4For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
• 2 Timothy 3:15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
• Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
• Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
• Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.
• Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Hosea 6:2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.

Commentaries on Mark 12:24

• 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. 2424. Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures--regarding the future state. neither the power of God?--before which a thousand such difficulties vanish.Read the comment

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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