Luke 20:27

Question about the resurrection

27 Some Sadducees, who deny that there's a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked,

Luke 20:27 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees
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.

Luke 20:27 In-Context

25 He said to them, "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God."

26 They couldn't trap him in his words in front of the people. Astonished by his answer, they were speechless.

27 Some Sadducees, who deny that there's a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked,

28 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a widow but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

29 Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless.