Luke 20:37

37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

Luke 20:37 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:37

Now that the dead are raised
Or that there will be a resurrection of the dead, this is a proof of it: even Moses showed at the bush:
when the Lord appeared to him out of it, and he saw it burning with fire, and not consumed; when the Lord called to him out of it by the following name, as he has recorded it in ( Exodus 3:6 ) . Hence it is said, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
for though the Lord called himself so, yet Moses likewise calls him by these names, when he gives an account of this affair, and when he went from him to the children Israel; (See Gill on Matthew 22:32).

Luke 20:37 In-Context

35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and [to] the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

36 for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

39 And some of the scribes answered [and] said, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

Footnotes

• [a]. *The words "[the passage about]" are not in the Greek text but are implied; here a common form of rabbinic citation is being used to refer to an Old Testament passage