Luke 20:38-40 New English Translation

³⁸Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living,^[a] for all live before him.”^[b] ³⁹Then^[c] some of the experts in the law^[d] answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well!”^[e] ⁴⁰For they did not dare any longer to ask^[f] him anything.

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Luke 20:38 sn He is not God of the dead but of the living. Jesus’ point was that if God could identify himself as God of the three old patriarchs, then they must still be alive when God spoke to Moses; and so they must be raised.
Luke 20:38 tn On this syntax, see BDF §192. The point is that all live “to” God or “before” God.
Luke 20:39 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
Luke 20:39 tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.
Luke 20:39 sn Teacher, you have spoken well! The scribes, being Pharisees, were happy for the defense of resurrection and angels, which they (unlike the Sadducees) believed in.
Luke 20:40 sn 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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