A Question About Marriage and the Resurrection

27 Now some of the Sadducees—who deny that there is a resurrection[a]—came up and[b] asked him, 28 saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone’s brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and father[c] descendants for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and[d] died childless,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:27 Literally “resurrection not to exist”
  2. Luke 20:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 20:28 Literally “raise up”
  4. Luke 20:29 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb

The Resurrection and Marriage(A)

27 Some of the Sadducees,(B) who say there is no resurrection,(C) came to Jesus with a question. 28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(D) 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.

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