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He is not the God of the dead but of the living.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/matthew/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ So he is the God of the living, not the dead.” <a href="/esv/matthew/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” <a href="/bsb/matthew/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> ‘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.” <a href="/blb/matthew/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." <a href="/kjv/matthew/22.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/22.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” <a href="/nasb_/matthew/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘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.” <a href="/nasb/matthew/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB &#8216? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/matthew/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” <a href="/lsb/matthew/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” <a href="/amp/matthew/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” <a href="/csb/matthew/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” <a href="/hcsb/matthew/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.&#8221 <a href="/asv/matthew/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/matthew/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> "I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. <a href="/erv/matthew/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/matthew/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 'I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' He's not the God of the dead but of the living." <a href="/gnt/matthew/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is the God of the living, not of the dead." <a href="/isv/matthew/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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." <a href="/msb/matthew/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ‘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.” <a href="/net/matthew/22.htm">NET Bible</a> 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!" <a href="/nheb/matthew/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> '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." <a href="/wbt/matthew/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/matthew/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men." <a href="/web/matthew/22.htm">World English Bible</a> ‘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.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.” <a href="/blb/matthew/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." <a href="/ylt/matthew/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.' <a href="/slt/matthew/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> I am God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” <a href="/nabre/matthew/22.htm">New American Bible</a> ‘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.” <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead, but of the living.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob? And yet God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/22.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> 'I AM THE LIVING GOD, The God of Abraham, The God of Isaaq, and The God of Jaqob?' He is The God, not of the dead, but of the living.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/22.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/godbey/matthew/22.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>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.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/22.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> ?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. <a href="/mace/matthew/22.htm">Mace New Testament</a> " I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not a benefactor to the dead, but to the living. <a href="/wey/matthew/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men." <a href="/worrell/matthew/22.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/22.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>saying, 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.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/22-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=6603" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/22.htm">The Sadducees and the Resurrection</a> …31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: 32<a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: Egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">‘I</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: eimi (V-PIA-1S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">am</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/11.htm" title="11: Abraam (N-GMS) -- Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch.">of Abraham,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2464.htm" title="2464: Isaak (N-GMS) -- (Hebrew), Isaac, the patriarch. Of Hebrew origin; Isaac, the son of Abraham.">of Isaac,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2384.htm" title="2384: Iakōb (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.">of Jacob’?</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">He is</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">not</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrōn (Adj-GMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">of the dead,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/2198.htm" title="2198: zōntōn (V-PPA-GMP) -- To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.">of the living.” </a> 33When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a> Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. <a href="/exodus/3-15.htm">Exodus 3:15-16</a> God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation. / Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. <a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Mark 12:26</a> 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’? <a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37</a> Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ <a href="/acts/7-32.htm">Acts 7:32</a> ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look. <a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a> I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. <a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Genesis 26:24</a> and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.” <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a> And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. <a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Hebrews 11:16</a> Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. <a href="/romans/4-17.htm">Romans 4:17</a> 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. <a href="/romans/4-24.htm">Romans 4:24</a> but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. <a href="/romans/6-10.htm">Romans 6:10-11</a> The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God. / So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a> For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a> When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9</a> Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.am.<a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6,15,16</a> Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God… <a href="/acts/7-32.htm">Acts 7:32</a> Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.<a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Hebrews 11:16</a> But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.God is.<a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Mark 12:26,27</a> And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? … <a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37,38</a> 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… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/matthew/22-31.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Jacob</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Jacob</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 22</div>1. <a href="/matthew/22-1.htm">The parable of the marriage of the king's son.</a> 9. <a href="/matthew/22-9.htm">The vocation of the Gentiles.</a> 12. <a href="/matthew/22-12.htm">The punishment of him who lacked a wedding garment.</a> 15. <a href="/matthew/22-15.htm">Tribute ought to be paid to Caesar.</a> 23. <a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Jesus confutes the Sadducees for the resurrection;</a> 34. <a href="/matthew/22-34.htm">answers which is the first and great commandment;</a> 41. <a href="/matthew/22-41.htm">and puzzles the Pharisees by a question about the Messiah.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/matthew/22.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob I am This phrase is a profound declaration of God's eternal presence and existence. In the Greek, "ἐγώ εἰμι" (ego eimi) echoes the divine name revealed to Moses in <a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14</a>, "I AM WHO I AM." This self-identification signifies God's unchanging nature and His eternal covenant with His people. It emphasizes that God is not a distant deity but actively present and involved in the lives of His followers.the God of Abraham Abraham is the patriarch with whom God established His covenant, promising to make him a great nation and to bless all the families of the earth through him (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>). This title underscores God's faithfulness to His promises and His role as the initiator of the covenant relationship. Historically, Abraham is a central figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, representing faith and obedience to God's call.the God of Isaac Isaac, the son of Abraham, is the child of promise through whom God's covenant would continue. The phrase highlights the continuity of God's promises and His faithfulness across generations. Isaac's life, marked by the miraculous provision of his birth and the test of faith on Mount Moriah, serves as a testament to God's provision and sovereignty.and the God of Jacob Jacob, later named Israel, is the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. This title signifies God's ongoing relationship with His chosen people. Jacob's life, filled with struggles and divine encounters, illustrates God's grace and transformative power. The God of Jacob is a God who redeems and fulfills His promises despite human frailty.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 32. - I am (ἐγώ εἰμι). The quotation is from <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a>, where God gives himself this name, as the Eternal, Self-existent One. The God of Abraham...Jacob. These patriarchs had long been dead when this revelation was made; had they been annihilated, the Lord could not have called himself still their God. By this utterance he implied that he had still to do with them - had a blessing and a reward which they were to receive, and which they must be alive to enjoy. How can they who are his cease to exist? They who are in personal relation and covenant with God cannot perish. There were personal promises to Abraham, distinguished from those made to his seed (see <a href="/genesis/13-15.htm">Genesis 13:15</a>; <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Genesis 15:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a>, etc.), which were never fulfilled during his earthly life, and await realization in a future existence. God was the patriarchs' Father, Saviour, Redeemer, Judge, Rewarder; he could not hold these relations to mere dust and ashes, but only to con-scions and responsible beings, existing, though in another condition, and in another portion of God's creation. Thus was proved the continued existence and personality of the soul; and the resurrection of the body follows consequentially from this. Man is a complex being; he has body and soul, neither of which is complete without the other. The soul is not perfect man without the body, which is its organ; the body is not perfect man without the soul, which animates it. In giving eternal life to man, God gives it to the creature as originally made, not to one portion only of his nature. Of the living. "For," as St. Luke adds, "all live unto him." The so called dead are alive in God's view; they have an abiding relation to him, live in his world, which comprises the seen and unseen, the present and the future. Titus St. Paul says (<a href="/romans/14-8.htm">Romans 14:8, 9</a>), "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. For to this end Christ both died and rose and revived, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and living." <a href="/commentaries/matthew/22-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>‘I Ἐγώ (Egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. am εἰμι (eimi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. of Abraham, Ἀβραὰμ (Abraam) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_11.htm">Strong's 11: </a> Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. of Isaac, Ἰσαὰκ (Isaak) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2464.htm">Strong's 2464: </a> (Hebrew), Isaac, the patriarch. Of Hebrew origin; Isaac, the son of Abraham. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. of Jacob?’ Ἰακώβ (Iakōb) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2384.htm">Strong's 2384: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites. He is ἔστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. of [the] dead, νεκρῶν (nekrōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> (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 <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2198.htm">Strong's 2198: </a> To live, be alive. 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