Text -- Luke 20:36 (NET)

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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 20:36

¹ sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).

² tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.

³ tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).