Mark 12:27

Mark 12:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
• New International Version (NIV)He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
• New King James Version (NKJV)He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)So he is the God of the living, not the dead. You have made a serious error.”

Context of Mark 12:27

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'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong." 28And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" 29Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Mark 12:27 word by word

οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων· πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• the Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• of the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• of the livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• doπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
• greatlyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183

Cross-references for Mark 12:27

• Romans 4:17as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
• Romans 14:9For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
• Mark 12:24Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
• Proverbs 19:27Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
• Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.'

Commentaries on Mark 12:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27But the God of the living - , God, is left out by ABCDKL, and in more than forty others, Syriac, one Arabic, one Persic, Coptic, Armenian, Gothic, Saxon, Vulgate, Itala, and Origen. Griesbach has omitted it.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. 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. 2727. He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living--not "the God of dead but [the God] of living persons." The word in brackets is almost certainly an addition to the genuine text, and critical editors exclude it. "For all live unto Him" (Lu 20:38)--"in His view," or "in His estimation." This last statement--found only in Luke--though adding nothing to the argument, is an important additional illustration. It is true, indeed, that to God no…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 12:27

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Catch
• Empty
• Gladly
• Sadducees
• Salutation
• Whence
• Err; Error
• Eschatology of the New Testament

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