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Luke 20:27 KJV
Luke · chapter 20 · verse 27
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,Luke 20:27 · King James Version
Luke 20:27 in context
25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- resurrectionanastasisa raising up, rising , a rising from the dead, that of Christ, that of all men at the end…G386 →
- SadduceessaddoukaiosSadducees = " the righteous" , a religious party at the time of Christ among the…G4523 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- askedeperōtaōto accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate, to…G1905 →
- cameproserchomaito come to, approach, draw near to, to assent toG4334 →
- denyantilegōto speak against, gainsay, contradict, to oppose one s self to one, decline to obey him…G483 →
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This discourse with the Sadducees we had before, just as it is here, only that the description Christ gives of the future state is somewhat more full and large here. Observe here, I. In every age there have been men of corrupt minds, that have endeavoured to subvert the fundamental principles of revealed religion.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-38