Luke 20 · Verse 27

Luke 20:27

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Luke 20:27, King James Version

Luke 20:27 in other translations

BSBThen some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
WEBSome of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
ASVAnd there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;
YLTAnd certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,
DARBYAnd some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up to him,
BBEAnd some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,
WebsterThen came to him certain of the Sadducees (who deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him,

What does Luke 20:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 20:27-34
27-34. no resurrection--"nor angel nor spirit" (Ac 23:8); the materialists of the day.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 27.

(p) "then came to him" Mt 22:23, Mk 12:18 (q) "Sadducees" Acts 23:6,8

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 20:27-38
It is common for those who design to undermine any truth of God, to load it with difficulties. But we wrong ourselves, and wrong the truth of Christ, when we form our notions of the world of spirits by this world of sense. There are more worlds than one; a present visible world, and a future unseen world; and let every one compare this world and that world, and give the preference in his thoughts and cares to that which deserves them. Believers shall obtain the resurrection from the dead, that is the blessed resurrection. What shall be the happy state of the inhabitants of that world, we cannot express or conceive, 1Co 2:9. Those that are entered into the joy of their Lord, are entirely taken up therewith; when there is perfection of holiness there will be no occasion for preservatives from sin. And when God called himself the God of these patriarchs, he meant that he was a God all-sufficient to them, Ge 17:1, their exceeding great Reward, Ge 15:1. He never did that for them in this world, which answered the full extent of his undertaking; therefore there must be another life, in which he will do that for them, which will completely fulfil the promise.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 20:27 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΠροσελθόντεςProselthontesHaving approachedG4334
δέdethenG1161
τινεςtinessomeG5100
τῶνtōnof theG3588
Σαδδουκαίων,SaddoukaiōnSadducees,G4523
οἱhoithe onesG3588
ἀντιλέγοντεςantilegontesdenyingG483
ἀνάστασινanastasina resurrectionG386
μὴmēnotG3361
εἶναι,einaibeing,G1511
ἐπηρώτησανepērōtēsanthey questionedG1905
αὐτὸνautonHimG846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 20:27

  • Acts 4:1-2

    And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:12

    Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  • Mark 12:18-27

    Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. …

  • Matthew 22:23-33

    The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. …

  • Acts 23:6-8

    But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

  • Matthew 16:1

    The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

  • Acts 5:17

    Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

  • 2 Timothy 2:17-18

    And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

  • Matthew 16:6

    Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

  • Matthew 16:12

    Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Sadducees.
Mt 16:1,6,12; 22:23-33; Mr 12:18-27; Ac 4:1,2; 5:17; 23:6-8
1Co 15:12; 2Ti 2:17,18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 20:26

    And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

  • Luke 20:27

    Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

  • Luke 20:28

    Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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Luke 20:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y llegándose unos de los Saduceos, los cuales niegan haber resurrección, le preguntaron,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quelques-uns des sadducéens, qui nient qu’il y ait une résurrection, s’approchèrent, et l’interrogèrent,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es kamen aber etliche der Sadducäer herzu, welche einwenden, es gebe keine Auferstehung, und fragten ihn
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Accesserunt autem quidam sadducæorum, qui negant esse resurrectionem, et interrogaverunt eum,