Luke 20:27

Luke 20:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
• New International Version (NIV)Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

Context of Luke 20:27

25Then He said to them, “Well then, give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26And they could not trap Him in His words in the presence of the people. Astonished by His answer, they kept silent. Then some of the Sadducees (who deny there is a resurrection) came and questioned Yeshua. 28“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that ‘if a man’s brother dies’ having a wife ‘but no children, then his brother should take the widow and father children for his brother.’ 29Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and died childless;

Luke 20:27 word by word

Προσελθόντες δέ τινες τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι, ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• came toπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• of the Sadduceesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaios · SadduceeG4523
• deny thatἀντιλέγωantilegō · to disputeG483
• there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• any resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• and they askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 20:27

• Matthew 16:1Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Yeshua, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
• Matthew 22:23On that day, Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Yeshua and questioned Him, saying,
• Mark 12:18Then Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came and began questioning Yeshua, saying,
• Acts 4:1As Peter and John were speaking to the people, the kohanim and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them.
• Acts 5:17But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
• Acts 23:6But recognizing that one group was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
• 1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Messiah is proclaimed—that He has been raised from the dead—how can some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
• 2 Timothy 2:17and their words will spread like cancer. Among them are Hymeneaus and Philetus—

Commentaries on Luke 20:27

• 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. 27the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection: See "The Sadducees" Profile.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

Topics related to Luke 20:27

• Jesus, the Christ
• Resurrection
• Sadducees

In the dictionaries

• Deny
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Resurrection
• Sadducees
• Sadducee

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