Luke 20:27

27 Some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him,

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, "Well, then give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and give God what belongs to God."
26 They couldn't make him say anything wrong in front of the people. His answer surprised them, so they said no more.
27 Some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him,
28 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry his widow and have children for his brother.'
29 There were seven brothers. The first got married and died without having children.
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