Luke 20:27

27 accesserunt autem quidam Sadducaeorum qui negant esse resurrectionem et interrogaverunt eum

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 et ait illis reddite ergo quae Caesaris sunt Caesari et quae Dei sunt Deo

26 et non potuerunt verbum eius reprehendere coram plebe et mirati in responso eius tacuerunt

27 accesserunt autem quidam Sadducaeorum qui negant esse resurrectionem et interrogaverunt eum

28 dicentes magister Moses scripsit nobis si frater alicuius mortuus fuerit habens uxorem et hic sine filiis fuerit ut accipiat eam frater eius uxorem et suscitet semen fratri suo

29 septem ergo fratres erant et primus accepit uxorem et mortuus est sine filiis