KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’
WEB World English Bible
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.’
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Luke 20
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
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:
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.
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.
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
40 And after that they durst not ask him any [question at all].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatδὲG1161 · dethenἐγείρονταιG1453 · egeirōto ariseοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoνεκροί,G3498 · nekrosdeadκαὶG2532 · kaiandΜωϋσῆςG3475 · Mōusēs, MōsēsMosesἐμήνυσενG3377 · mēnuōto discloseἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoβάτουG942 · batosthorn bushὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenλέγειG3004 · legōto sayκύριονG2962 · kurioslord: GodτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸνG2316 · theosGodἈβραὰμG11 · AbraamAbrahamκαὶG2532 · kaiandθεὸνG2316 · theosGodἸσαὰκG2464 · IsaakIsaacκαὶG2532 · kaiandθεὸνG2316 · theosGodἸακώβ.G2384 · IakōbJacob
Cross-references
Exodus 3:2-6And 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.Mark 12:26-27And 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?Acts 7:30-32And 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.Genesis 28:21So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:Deuteronomy 33:16And 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.Genesis 28:13And, 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;Genesis 32:9And 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:Exodus 3:15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this [is] my name for ever, and this [is] my memorial unto all generations.Matthew 22:3-33And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.Genesis 17:7And 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.
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