Luke 20:38
Strong's Lexicon
He is
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

not
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

[the] God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

of [the] dead
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

of [the] living,
ζώντων (zōntōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

to Him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

all
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

are alive.
ζῶσιν (zōsin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.

Young's Literal Translation
and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him.”

New American Standard Bible
"Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him."

King James Bible
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."

New Living Translation
So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him."

English Standard Version
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.”

New American Standard Bible
"Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him."

King James Bible
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him."

International Standard Version
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, because he considers all people to be alive to him."

NET Bible
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him."

American Standard Version
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

English Revised Version
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Young's Literal Translation
and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'
















Cross References
Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Luke 20:39
Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

Romans 14:8
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

Luke 20:37
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Luke 20:36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Luke 20:35
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Luke 20:40
And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

Luke 20:41
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
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