Luke 20:27 - Some of the Sadducees came to him those

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 20:27.

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KJV, AKJV

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

ASV

And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;

DRA

And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked him,

DBY

And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up to him,

ERV

And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him,

WBT

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees (who deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him,

YLT

And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

WNT

Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection)

BBE

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

CPDV

Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,

OEB

Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this –

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes (1599)

(4) Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
(4) The resurrection of the flesh is affirmed against the Sadducees.

John Gill's Exposition (1746-63)

That is, "to Jesus", as the Persic version expresses it; and it was the same day, as Matthew says, on which the disciples of the Pharisees, and the Herodians, had been with him, putting the question about tribute to him: Matthew 22:16
which deny that there is any resurrection; that is, of the dead; that there ever was any instance of it, or ever will be: this was the distinguishing tenet of that sect; see Acts 23:8
and they asked him, the following question, after they had put a case to him.

Matthew Henry's Consice Comm. (1706)

It is common for those who design to undermine any truth of God, to load it with difficulties. But we wrong ourselves, and wrong the truth of Christ, when we form our notions of the world of spirits by this world of sense. There are more worlds than one; a present visible world, and a future unseen world; and let every one compare this world and that world, and give the preference in his thoughts and cares to that which deserves them. Believers shall obtain the resurrection from the dead, that is the blessed resurrection. What shall be the happy state of the inhabitants of that world, we cannot express or conceive, 1-Corinthians 2:9. Those that are entered into the joy of their Lord, are entirely taken up therewith; when there is perfection of holiness there will be no occasion for preservatives from sin. And when God called himself the God of these patriarchs, he meant that he was a God all-sufficient to them, Genesis 17:1, their exceeding great Reward, Genesis 15:1. He never did that for them in this world, which answered the full extent of his undertaking; therefore there must be another life, in which he will do that for them, which will completely fulfil the promise.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's Comm. (1882)

no resurrection--"nor angel nor spirit" (Acts 23:8); the materialists of the day.

B.W. Johnson's People's N.T. (1891)

There came to him certain of the Sadducees. For notes on the Sadducees silenced, see Matthew 22:23-33. Compare Mark 12:18-27.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes (1754-65)

Matthew 22:23; Mark 12:18.

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