Luca 20:38

38 Or egli non è Dio de’ morti, anzi de’ viventi; poichè tutti vivono per lui.

Luca 20:38 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:38

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living
(See Gill on Matthew 22:32) for all live unto him.
The Persic version, reads, "all these live unto him"; namely, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for though they are dead to men, they are not to God; their souls live with him, and their bodies will be raised by him: he reckons of them, as if they were now alive, for he quickens the dead, and calls things that are not, as though they were; and this is the case of all the saints that are dead, as well as of those patriarchs. The Ethiopic reads, "all live with him"; as the souls of all departed saints do; the Arabic version reads, all live in him; so all do now, ( Acts 17:28 ) .

Luca 20:38 In-Context

36 Perciocchè ancora non possono più morire; poichè siano pari agli angeli; e son figliuoli di Dio, essendo figliuoli della risurrezione.
37 Or che i morti risuscitino, Mosè stesso lo dichiarò presso al pruno, quando egli nomina il Signore l’Iddio d’Abrahamo, e l’Iddio d’Isacco, e l’Iddio di Giacobbe.
38 Or egli non è Dio de’ morti, anzi de’ viventi; poichè tutti vivono per lui.
39 Ed alcuni degli Scribi gli fecer motto, e dissero: Maestro, bene hai detto.
40 E non ardirono più fargli alcuna domanda.
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