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20:27 Now <1161> some <5100> Sadducees <4523> (who contend <3004> that there is <1510> no <3361> resurrection <386>) came <4334> to him <846>. 20:28 They asked <3004> him, “Teacher <1320>, Moses <3475> wrote <1125> for us <2254> that if <1437> a man’s <5100> brother <80> dies <599> leaving <2192> a wife <1135> but <3778> no children <815>, that man <1510> must marry <2983> the widow <80> <846> <1135> and <2532> father <1817> children <4690> for his <846> brother <80>. 20:29 Now there were <1510> seven <2033> brothers <80>. The first one <4413> married <2983> a woman <1135> and died <599> without children <815>. 20:30 The second <1208> 20:31 and <2532> then the third <5154> married <2983> her <846>, and <1161> in this same way <5615> all seven <2033> died <599>, leaving <2641> no <3756> children <5043>. 20:32 Finally <5305> the woman <1135> died <599> too <2532>. 20:33 In <1722> the resurrection <386>, therefore <3767>, whose <5101> wife <1135> will <1096> the woman <1135> be <1096>? For <1063> all seven <2033> had <2192> married <1135> her <846>.” 20:34 So <2532> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “The people <5207> of this <5127> age <165> marry <1060> and <2532> are given in marriage <1061>. 20:35 But <1161> those who are regarded as worthy <2661> to share <5177> in that <1565> age <165> and <2532> in the resurrection <386> from <1537> the dead <3498> neither <3777> marry <1060> nor <3777> are given in marriage <1061>. 20:36 In fact, they can <1410> no <3761> longer <2089> die <599>, because <1063> they are <1510> equal to angels <2465> and <2532> are <1510> sons <5207> of God <2316>, since they are <1510> sons <5207> of the resurrection <386>. 20:37 But <1161> even <2532> Moses <3475> revealed <3377> that the dead <3498> are raised <1453> in the passage about <1909> the bush <942>, where <5613> he calls <3004> the Lord <2962> the God <2316> of Abraham <11> and <2532> the God <2316> of Isaac <2464> and <2532> the God <2316> of Jacob <2384>. 20:38 Now he is <1510> not <3756> God <2316> of <3498> the dead <3498>, but <235> of <2198> the living <2198>, for <1063> all <3956> live <2198> before him <846>.” 20:39 Then <1161> some <5100> of the experts in the law <1122> answered <3004>, “Teacher <1320>, you have spoken <2036> well <2573>!” 20:40 For <1063> they did <5111> not <3765> dare <5111> any longer <3765> to ask <1905> him <846> anything <3762>.

• Luk 20:27-40 -- Marriage and the Resurrection

• WORLD (GENERAL)

  [isbe] WORLD (GENERAL) - 1. Original Words: In the King James Version this word represents several originals, as follows: 'erets "earth"; chedhel, "the underworld"; cheledh, "lifetime," "age"; `olam, "indefinite time," "age"; tebhe...
  

• Scribes

  [ebd] anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to designate the holder of some military office (Judg. 5:14; A.V., "pen of the writer;" R.V., "...
  

• Sadducees

  [isbe] SADDUCEES - sad'-u-sez (tsadduqim; Saddoukaioi): I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Name: Rival Etymologies. Probably from Zadok the High Priest 2. Authorities: New Testament, Josephus, Talmud (primary), Church Fathers (secondary) II. ORIGI...
  [smith] (followers of Zadok), (Matthew 3:7; 16:1,6,11,12; 22:23,31; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6,7,8) a religious party or school among the Jews at the time of Christ, who denied that the oral law was a revelation of ...
  [nave] SADDUCEES, a sect of the Jews. Rebuked by John the Baptist, Matt. 3:7-9; Luke 3:7-9. Reject the doctrine of the resurrection, Matt. 22:23-34; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40; Acts 23:7, 8. Jesus warns his disciples against, Ma...
  

• Resurrection

  [isbe] RESURRECTION - rez-u-rek'-shun (in the New Testament anastasis, with verbs anistemi, "stand up," and egeiro, "raise." There is no technical term in the Old Testament, but in Isa 26:19 are found the verbs chayah, "live," kum ...
  [nave] RESURRECTION. Job 14:12-15; Job 19:25-27; Psa. 16:9, 10; Psa. 17:15; Psa. 49:15; Isa. 25:8; Isa. 26:19; Ezek. 37:1-14; Dan. 12:2, 3, 13; Hos. 13:14; Matt. 22:23-32 Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-37. Matt. 24:31; Matt. 25:1-13; M...
  

• Pentateuch

  [ebd] the five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Nu...
  

• MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1

  [isbe] MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 - || I. OUR SECOND GOSPEL II. CONTENTS AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 1. Scope 2. Material Peculiar to Mark 3. Quotations 4. A Book of Mighty Works 5. The Worker Is Also a Teacher 6. A Book of G...
  

• Jesus, The Christ

  [nave] JESUS, THE CHRIST. Index of Sub-topics History of; Miscellaneous Facts Concerning; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Ascension of; Atonement by; Attributes of; Compassion of; Confessing; Creator; Death of; Design of His...
  

• JESUS CHRIST, 4E1

  [isbe] JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 - E. THE PASSION WEEK--BETRAYAL, TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION Importance of the Last Events: We reach now the closing week and last solemn events of the earthly life of Jesus. The importance attached to this part ...
  

• INSPIRATION, 8-18

  [isbe] INSPIRATION, 8-18 - 8. The "Oracles of God": This view of the Scriptures as a compact mass of words of God occasioned the formation of a designation for them by which this their character was explicitly expressed. This desig...
  

• INSPIRATION, 1-7

  [isbe] INSPIRATION, 1-7 - in-spi-ra'-shun: 1. Meaning of Terms 2. Occurrences in the Bible 3. Consideration of Important Passages (1) 2 Timothy 3:16 (2) 2 Peter 1:19-21 (3) John 10:34 f 4. Christ's Declaration That Scripture Must B...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X - VI. The Resurrection. The resurrection coincides with the parousia and the arrival of the future neon (Lk 20:35; Jn 6:40; 1 Thess 4:16). From 1 Thess 3:13; 4:16 it has been inferred t...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V - es-ka-tol'-o-ji: I. DOCTRINAL AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE II. GENERAL STRUCTURE III. COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT IV. GENERAL AND INDIVIDUAL ESCHATOLOGY V. THE PAROUSIA 1. Definition 2. Signs ...
  

• EQUAL

  [isbe] EQUAL - e'-kwal isos): In Ezek (18:25; 29; 33:17,20), "The way of the Lord is not equal" translates Hebrew yittakhen for takhan, "to weigh," and means "is not adjusted to any fixed standard," "arbitrary," "fitful," and, ther...
  

• Death

  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• DENY

  [isbe] DENY - de-ni': This word is characteristic of the New Testament rather than the Old Testament, although it translates three different Hebrew originals, namely, kachash, "to lie," "disown" (Gen 18:15; Josh 24:27; Job 8:18; 31...
  

• CHILDREN OF GOD

  [isbe] CHILDREN OF GOD - ||Introduction: Meaning of Terms I. OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING 1. Mythological Survivals 2. Created Sonship 3. Israel's Collective Covenant Sonship 4. Individual and Personal Relation 5. Universalizing the Idea...
  

• CELESTIAL

  [isbe] CELESTIAL - se-les'-chal (epouranios, "above the sky," "heavenly"): Peculiar to Paul's majestic argument on the resurrection: celestial verses terrestrial bodies (1 Cor 15:40) with reference possibly to sun and moon, etc., b...
  

• Bush

  [ebd] in which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say what particular kind of plant or bush is here meant. Probably it was the mimosa or acacia. The words "in the bush" in Mark 12:...
  

• BUSH, BURNING

  [isbe] BUSH, BURNING - burn'-ing. 1. Meaning and Use: The scene at the burning bush (ceneh, "a bush," Septuagint batos, "blackberry bush") reveals God to the world in one of theophanies with fire, of which there are four mentioned ...
  

• BODY, SPIRITUAL

  [isbe] BODY, SPIRITUAL - spir'-it-u-al: Paul describes the body after the resurrection as a spiritual body (soma psuchikon) and contrasts it with the natural (psychical body, soma pneumatikon, 1 Cor 15:44). Our present natural body...
  

• Challenged by the Sadducees

  

• What of Wives and Husbands in Heaven?
  A similar question was put to Christ (Matt. 22:23-30). You will see how he answered it. We know very little of the conditions of life in the spirit. We cannot easily conceive of life apart from the body, yet it is obvious tha...
• Were the Giants Mentioned in Genesis 6:4 the Descendants of Angels, As Some Fanciful Interpreters Claim?
  This has been answered by a notable authority as follows: "Gen. 6:1-4 forms the introduction to the story of the Flood. All races have preserved the tradition of a flood; whether it was universal or local is a moot point The ...
• Does a Person Go Directly to Heaven or Hell after Death?
  There is no passage that asserts it explicitly. There are, however, passages from which the inference is made. One of these is the assurance of Christ to the dying thief on the cross (Luke 23:43), "This day shalt thou be with...
• Is there a difference between sons of God and children of God?
  When we look up the two expressions largely in the English text, we find: Sons of God Gen. 6:2; Gen. 6:4; Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7; Matt. 5:9; Lk. 20:36; Rom. 8:14; Rom. 8:19; Gal. 3:26 Children of God Jn. 1:12; Jn. 11:52...

Immortality and Resurrection; Outline

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