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Mark 12:27

Eternal lifeThe resurrectionGod's faithfulness

25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

26 But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

28 Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

29 Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

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Compare

BSB
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
KJV
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
WEB
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
ASV
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
DARBY
He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. *Ye* therefore greatly err.
BLB
He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You⁺ go astray greatly!”
ÅB
Gud er ikke de dødes Gud, men de levendes. Dere farer storlig vill.
OTB
Han er de levendes Gud, ikke de dødes. Dere tar virkelig feil!"
B1930
Gud er ikke de dødes Gud, men de levendes. I farer storlig vill.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 14:9

    For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

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  • Mark 12:24

    Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

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  • Romans 4:17

    As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

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  • Hebrews 11:13–16

    All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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  • Hebrews 3:10

    Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

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