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Luke 20:32-34
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Luke 20:32-34
New English Translation
32 Finally the woman died too. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be?[a] For all seven had married her.”[b]
34 So[c] Jesus said to them, “The people of this age[d] marry and are given in marriage.
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- Luke 20:33 sn The point is a dilemma. In a world arguing a person should have one spouse, whose wife will she be in the afterlife? The question was designed to show that (in the opinion of the Sadducees) resurrection leads to a major problem.
- Luke 20:33 tn Grk “For the seven had her as wife.”
- Luke 20:34 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ response is a result of their framing of the question.
- Luke 20:34 tn Grk “sons of this age” (an idiom, see L&N 11.16). The following clause which refers to being “given in marriage” suggests both men and women are included in this phrase.
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