Revised Version 1895
Luke 20:33
33In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.
Luke 20:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
- New International Version (NIV)Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”
Context of Luke 20:33
31and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died. 32Afterward the woman also died. In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife. 34And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Read all of Luke 20Luke 20:33 word by word
ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει, τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή; οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 20:33
- Matthew 22:24saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- Mark 12:19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Commentaries on Luke 20:33
- 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. 33in the resurrection, whose wife will she be?: The Sadducees told this made-up story to show that the idea of resurrection (rising from the dead) did not make sense. They wanted people to think that belief in resurrection was foolish. They likely used this same argument many times. It was a common attack that the Sadducees used when they debated the Pharisees.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3427-34. no resurrection--"nor angel nor spirit" (Ac 23:8); the materialists of the day.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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