God’s Word Translation
Luke 20:38
38He’s not the God of the dead but of the living. In God’s sight all people are living.”
Luke 20:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
- New International Version (NIV)He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.”
Context of Luke 20:38
36nor die anymore. They are the same as the angels. They are God’s children who have come back to life. 37“Even Moses showed in the passage about the bush that the dead come back to life. He says that the Lord is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He’s not the God of the dead but of the living. In God’s sight all people are living.” 39Some experts in Moses’ Teachings responded, “Teacher, that was well said.” 40From that time on, no one dared to ask him another question.
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θεὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων· πάντες γὰρ αὐτῷ ζῶσιν.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 20:38
- Psalms 16:5The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.
- Psalms 22:23All who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel.
- Psalms 145:1I will highly praise you, my God, the king. I will bless your name forever and ever.
- Hebrews 11:16Instead, these men were longing for a better country—a heavenly country. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God. He has prepared a city for them.
- John 6:57The Father who has life sent me, and I live because of the Father. So those who feed on me will live because of me.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die.
- John 14:19In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live.
- Romans 6:10When he died, he died once and for all to sin’s power. But now he lives, and he lives for God.
- Romans 14:7It’s clear that we don’t live to honor ourselves, and we don’t die to honor ourselves.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16Can God’s temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- 2 Corinthians 13:4He was weak when he was crucified, but by God’s power he lives. We are weak with him, but by God’s power we will live for you with his help.
- Colossians 3:3You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- Revelation 7:15That is why they are in front of the throne of God. They serve him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
- Revelation 22:1The angel showed me a river filled with the water of life, as clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and the lamb.
Commentaries on Luke 20:38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38All live unto him - There is a remarkable passage in Josephus's account of the Maccabees, chap. xvi., which proves that the best informed Jews believed that the souls of righteous men were in the presence of God in a state of happiness. "They who lose their lives for the sake of God, Live unto God, as do Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the patriarchs." And one not less remarkable in Shemoth Rabba, fol. 159. "Rabbi Abbin saith, The Lord said…Read the comment
- 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. 1-47In this series of controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders of Jerusalem, they repeatedly questioned and challenged him, and he repeatedly outmatched them with his spiritual wisdom, insight, and authority.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 37-3837-38. even Moses--whom they had just quoted to entangle Him.Read the comment
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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
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