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Text -- Luke 20:29-47 (NET)
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20:29 Now there were seven brothers . The first one married a woman and died without children .
20:30 The second
20:31 and then the third married her , and in this same way all seven died , leaving no children .
20:32 Finally the woman died too .
20:33 In the resurrection , therefore , whose wife will the woman be ? For all seven had married her .”
20:34 So Jesus said to them , “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage .
20:35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage .
20:36 In fact, they can no longer die , because they are equal to angels and are sons of God , since they are sons of the resurrection .
20:37 But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush , where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob .
20:38 Now he is not God of the dead , but of the living , for all live before him .”
20:39 Then some of the experts in the law answered , “Teacher , you have spoken well !”
20:40 For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything .
The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord
20:41 But he said to them , “How is it that they say that the Christ is David’s son ?
20:42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms , ‘The Lord said to my lord , “Sit at my right hand ,
20:43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet .”’
20:44 If David then calls him ‘Lord ,’ how can he be his son ?”
Jesus Warns the Disciples against Pride
20:45 As all the people were listening , Jesus said to his disciples ,
20:46 “Beware of the experts in the law . They like walking around in long robes , and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets .
20:47 They devour widows ’ property , and as a show make long prayers . They will receive a more severe punishment .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Resurrection |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Sadducees |
Death |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Heaven |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Angel |
Immortality |
Judgment |
Pride |
Quotations and Allusions |
SCRIBES |
Righteous |
BODY, SPIRITUAL |
Hypocrisy |
Dead |
Life |
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NET Notes -> Luk 20:29; Luk 20:30; Luk 20:33; Luk 20:33; Luk 20:34; Luk 20:34; Luk 20:35; Luk 20:35; Luk 20:36; Luk 20:36; Luk 20:36; Luk 20:37; Luk 20:37; Luk 20:37; Luk 20:38; Luk 20:38; Luk 20:39; Luk 20:39; Luk 20:39; Luk 20:40; Luk 20:41; Luk 20:41; Luk 20:41; Luk 20:41; Luk 20:42; Luk 20:43; Luk 20:44; Luk 20:45; Luk 20:45; Luk 20:46; Luk 20:46; Luk 20:46; Luk 20:46; Luk 20:46; Luk 20:46; Luk 20:47; Luk 20:47; Luk 20:47
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NET Notes: Luk 20:30 Most mss (A W Θ Ψ Ë1,13 33 Ï lat) have the words, “took the wife and this one died childless” after “the second....
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NET Notes: Luk 20:34 Grk “sons of this age” (an idiom, see L&N 11.16). The following clause which refers to being “given in marriage” suggests ...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:35 Life in the age to come is different than life here (they neither marry nor are given in marriage). This means Jesus’ questioners had made a fal...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:36 Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:38 On this syntax, see BDF §192. The point is that all live “to” God or “before” God.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:39 Teacher, you have spoken well! The scribes, being Pharisees, were happy for the defense of resurrection and angels, which they (unlike the Sadducees) ...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:40 The attempt to show Jesus as ignorant had left the experts silenced. At this point they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:41 It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:42 The Lord said to my Lord. With David being the speaker, this indicates his respect for his descendant (referred to as my Lord). Jesus was arguing, as ...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:44 Grk “David thus calls him ‘Lord.’ So how is he his son?” The conditional nuance, implicit in Greek, has been made explicit in ...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:45 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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