Mark 12:18

Mark 12:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying:

Context of Mark 12:18

16They brought a coin. He said to them, “Whose face and name is this?” They told him, “The emperor’s.” 17Jesus said to them, “Give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and give God what belongs to God.” They were surprised at his reply. Some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him, 19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother should marry his widow and have children for his brother.’ 20There were seven brothers. The first got married and died without having children.

Mark 12:18 word by word

Καὶ ἔρχονται Σαδδουκαῖοι πρὸς αὐτὸν οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι, καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenκαίkai · andG2532
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaios · SadduceeG4523
• whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• noμήmē · notG3361
• resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• they askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905

Cross-references for Mark 12:18

• Matthew 22:23On that day some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him,
• Luke 20:27Some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him,
• Acts 4:1Some priests, the officer in charge of the temple guards, and some Sadducees approached Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
• Acts 23:6When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the council, “Brothers, I’m a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I’m on trial because I expect that the dead will come back to life.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:13If the dead can’t be brought back to life, then Christ hasn’t come back to life.
• 2 Timothy 2:18They have abandoned the truth. They are destroying the faith of others by saying that people who have died have already come back to life.

Commentaries on Mark 12:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18See this question, concerning the resurrection, explained in detail on Matthew 22:23-32; (note).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. 18This is the only place in Mark where the Sadducees are mentioned by name, although they are included in references to the leading priests (see 8:31; 10:33; 11:18, 27). Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection from the dead (see Acts 4:1–2; 23:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection--"neither angel nor spirit" (Ac 23:7). They were the materialists of the day. See on Ac 23:6. and they asked him, saying--as follows:Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 12:18

• Jesus, the Christ
• Resurrection
• Sadducees
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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