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Luke 20:38 KJV
Luke · chapter 20 · verse 38
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.Luke 20:38 · King James Version
Luke 20:38 in context
36Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
37Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
39Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
40And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
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Key words (Strong's)
- livingzaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- deadnekrosproperly, one that has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased, departed, one whose soul is…G3498 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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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