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Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ <a href="/esv/luke/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. <a href="/bsb/luke/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="/blb/luke/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.' <a href="/kjv/luke/20.htm">King James Bible</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. <a href="/nkjv/luke/20.htm">New King James Version</a> But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ <a href="/nasb_/luke/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But as for the fact that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed this in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. <a href="/nasb/luke/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. <a href="/nasb77/luke/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. <a href="/lsb/luke/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. <a href="/amp/luke/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But [as for the fact] that the dead are raised [from death], even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. <a href="/csb/luke/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. <a href="/hcsb/luke/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. <a href="/asv/luke/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <a href="/cev/luke/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> In the story about the burning bush, Moses clearly shows that people will live again. He said, "The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." <a href="/erv/luke/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <a href="/gwt/luke/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Even Moses showed in the passage about the bush that the dead come back to life. He says that the Lord is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <a href="/gnt/luke/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' <a href="/isv/luke/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord, 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' <a href="/msb/luke/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="/net/luke/20.htm">NET Bible</a> But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. <a href="/nheb/luke/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' <a href="/wbt/luke/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <a href="/wey/luke/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' <a href="/web/luke/20.htm">World English Bible</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the Bush, since he calls the LORD the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; <a href="/blb/luke/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.' <a href="/ylt/luke/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; <a href="/slt/luke/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And that the dead are raised, Moses made known at the bramble, when he calls the Lord, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed, at the bush, when he called the Lord, The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; <a href="/cpdv/luke/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For in truth, the dead do rise again, as Moses also showed beside the bush, when he called the Lord: ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ <a href="/nabre/luke/20.htm">New American Bible</a> That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called ‘Lord’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; <a href="/nrsvce/luke/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, even Moses pointed out; for he referred to it at the Bush when he said, The Lord God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/20.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But that the dead rise, Moses also declared, for he recounts at the bush, when THE LORD JEHOVAH said, “The God of Abraham and the God of Isaaq and the God of Jaqob.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/20.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <a href="/godbey/luke/20.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>But that the dead are raised, Moses also mentioned at the Bush, when he says; The Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/20.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Now that the dead are raised, even Moses intimated at the bush,<RX 2.3.6> when he called the Lord, ?the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.? <a href="/mace/luke/20.htm">Mace New Testament</a> now that the dead are raised, may be inferr'd from Moses's relation concerning the bush, where he stiles the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <a href="/wey/luke/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' <a href="/worrell/luke/20.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the 'Bush,' when he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/20.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush; for he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/20-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=8103" 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/luke/20.htm">The Sadducees and the Resurrection</a> …36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God. 37<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Even</a> <a href="/greek/3475.htm" title="3475: Mōusēs (N-NMS) -- Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/greek/3377.htm" title="3377: emēnysen (V-AIA-3S) -- Probably from the same base as massaomai and mnaomai; to disclose, i.e. Report, declare, intimate.">demonstrates</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: Hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- 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/3498.htm" title="3498: nekroi (Adj-NMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">dead</a> <a href="/greek/1453.htm" title="1453: egeirontai (V-PIM/P-3P) -- (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.">are raised,</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">in the passage about</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- 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/942.htm" title="942: Batou (N-GFS) -- A thorn bush or bramble. Of uncertain derivation; a brier shrub.">burning bush.</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legei (V-PIA-3S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">he calls</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyrion (N-AMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">the Lord</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Ton (Art-AMS) -- 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: Theon (N-AMS) -- 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/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">the 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/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">the God</a> <a href="/greek/2384.htm" title="2384: Iakōb (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jacob, the progenitor of the Israelites.">of Jacob.’</a> 38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”…<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</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. <a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a> 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="/matthew/22-31.htm">Matthew 22:31-32</a> But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: / ‘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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/genesis/32-9.htm">Genesis 32:9</a> Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’ <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24</a> Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” <a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8-10</a> “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— / I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. / Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. <a href="/isaiah/43-10.htm">Isaiah 43:10</a> “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.even.<a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Exodus 3:2-6</a> And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed… <a href="/deuteronomy/33-16.htm">Deuteronomy 33:16</a> And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.<a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Acts 7:30-32</a> And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush… when.<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a> And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.<a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13,21</a> And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; … <a href="/genesis/32-9.htm">Genesis 32:9</a> And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/19-9.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/luke/19-3.htm">Account</a> <a href="/luke/16-24.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/luke/6-44.htm">Bush</a> <a href="/luke/15-9.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/luke/20-8.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/luke/9-53.htm">Clearly</a> <a href="/luke/20-36.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-8.htm">Implies</a> <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/luke/18-33.htm">Life</a> <a href="/luke/20-28.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/luke/2-24.htm">Passage</a> <a href="/luke/17-13.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/luke/18-33.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/luke/14-21.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/luke/14-21.htm">Showed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/8-33.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/luke/21-12.htm">Account</a> <a href="/luke/24-32.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Bush</a> <a href="/luke/20-44.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/luke/21-30.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/john/3-21.htm">Clearly</a> <a href="/luke/20-38.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/galatians/3-20.htm">Implies</a> <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/john/4-5.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/luke/21-19.htm">Life</a> <a href="/luke/24-27.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/acts/8-32.htm">Passage</a> <a href="/luke/24-6.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/luke/21-10.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/luke/24-40.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/luke/24-40.htm">Showed</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 20</div>1. <a href="/luke/20-1.htm">Jesus confirms his authority by a question of John's baptism.</a> 9. <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">The parable of the vineyard.</a> 19. <a href="/luke/20-19.htm">Of giving tribute to Caesar.</a> 27. <a href="/luke/20-27.htm">He instructs the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection.</a> 41. <a href="/luke/20-41.htm">How Jesus is the Son of David.</a> 45. <a href="/luke/20-45.htm">He warns his disciples to beware of the scribes.</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'; 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The context is Jesus addressing the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection. By referencing Moses, Jesus uses a figure the Sadducees respect to argue for life after death. This demonstrates the continuity of God's revelation from the Old Testament to the New Testament, affirming the resurrection as a consistent biblical theme.in the passage about the burning bush The burning bush account is found in <a href="/exodus/3.htm">Exodus 3</a>, where God reveals Himself to Moses. This event occurs at Mount Horeb, also known as Mount Sinai, a significant location for divine encounters. The burning bush symbolizes God's presence and holiness. Jesus uses this passage to show that God is the God of the living, not the dead, as He speaks of the patriarchs in the present tense, indicating their continued existence.For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ This phrase emphasizes God's covenant relationship with the patriarchs. By referring to God in this way, Jesus underscores the ongoing relationship between God and these forefathers, suggesting their continued life beyond physical death. This aligns with God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which include blessings that extend beyond their earthly lives. The present tense used in this declaration supports the doctrine of resurrection, as it implies that these patriarchs are alive to God. This also connects to other scriptures, such as <a href="/matthew/22-32.htm">Matthew 22:32</a> and <a href="/acts/7-32.htm">Acts 7:32</a>, where the same argument is made, reinforcing the belief in the resurrection and eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> A central figure in the Old Testament, Moses is the one through whom God delivered the Law to Israel. In <a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37</a>, Jesus refers to Moses to make a theological point about the resurrection. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_burning_bush.htm">The Burning Bush</a> This event is a significant moment in the life of Moses, where God speaks to him from a bush that burns but is not consumed. It is here that God reveals Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sadducees.htm">Sadducees</a> A Jewish sect during the time of Jesus known for their denial of the resurrection and the existence of spirits. They challenge Jesus with a question about the resurrection, prompting His response in <a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_living_god.htm">The Living God</a> Jesus' reference to God as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob emphasizes that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. This affirms the reality of the resurrection and eternal life. <a href="/topical/a/authority_of_scripture.htm">Authority of Scripture</a> Jesus uses the authority of Scripture to address theological errors. This teaches us the importance of grounding our beliefs in the Word of God. <a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_covenant.htm">Continuity of God's Covenant</a> The mention of the patriarchs highlights the ongoing nature of God's covenant with His people, which transcends death and points to the hope of resurrection. <a href="/topical/c/challenge_of_unbelief.htm">Challenge of Unbelief</a> The Sadducees' question reflects a challenge of unbelief that persists today. Believers are called to respond with truth and confidence in the promises of God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_the_resurrection.htm">Hope in the Resurrection</a> The resurrection is a central tenet of Christian faith, offering hope and assurance of eternal life with God. This hope should influence how we live our daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 20</a> <a href="/q/who_accuses_the_brethren_nonstop.htm">Is God only for the living, not the dead?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_work.htm">Who are the Sons of Jacob?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_ymca_and_ywca.htm">Who was Eliezer in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_god_order_killing_midianites.htm">Why did God command killing Midianites, including children?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) Even Moses shewed at the bush.--The precise meaning of the verb is that of "indicating," "pointing to," rather than actually "shewing." In his mode of reference to the words of <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm" title="Moreover he said, I am the God of your 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 on God.">Exodus 3:6</a>, St. Luke agrees with St. Mark (<a href="/mark/12-26.htm" title="And as touching the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?">Mark 12:26</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 37, 38. - Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush. You Sadducees, in your own arbitrary fashion, set aside the authority of the prophets and all sacred books save the Pentateuch; well, I will argue with you on your own, comparatively speaking, narrow ground - the books of Moses. Even he, Moses, is singularly clear and definite in his teaching on this point of the resurrection, though you pretend he is not. You are acquainted with the well-known section in Exodus termed 'the Bush :' what read you there?" When he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; more accurately rendered, not a God of dead beings, but of living beings. The meaning of the Lord's argument is, "God would never have called himself the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, if these patriarchs, after their short lives, had become mere crumbling dust. God cannot be the God of a being who does not exist." So Josephus - who, however, no doubt drew his argument from these words of Christ, for this strong and conclusive argument from the Pentateuch for the immortality of man does not appear to have occurred to rabbis before the time of our Lord - so Josephus writes: "They who die for God's sake live unto God as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs." The expression, "at the bush," should be rendered "in the Bush," that is, in that division of Exodus so named. So the Jews termed <a href="/2_samuel/1.htm">2 Samuel 1</a>. and following verses "the Bow;" <a href="/ezekiel/1.htm">Ezekiel 1</a>. and following section, "the Chariot." <a href="/commentaries/luke/20-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Even καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Moses Μωϋσῆς (Mōusēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3475.htm">Strong's 3475: </a> Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver. demonstrates ἐμήνυσεν (emēnysen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3377.htm">Strong's 3377: </a> Probably from the same base as massaomai and mnaomai; to disclose, i.e. Report, declare, intimate. that Ὅτι (Hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <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. dead νεκροὶ (nekroi) Adjective - Nominative 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. are raised, ἐγείρονται (egeirontai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1453.htm">Strong's 1453: </a> (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse. [ in the passage ] about ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine 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. [ burning ] bush. Βάτου (Batou) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_942.htm">Strong's 942: </a> A thorn bush or bramble. Of uncertain derivation; a brier shrub. For ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. he calls λέγει (legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. [the] Lord Κύριον (Kyrion) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. ‘the Τὸν (Ton) Article - Accusative 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 Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative 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] God Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative 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] God Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative 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. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/luke/20-37.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 20:37 But that the dead are raised even (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/20-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 20:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 20:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/20-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 20:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 20:38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>