Luke 20 · Verse 33

Luke 20:33

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
Luke 20:33, King James Version

Luke 20:33 in other translations

BSBSo then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
WEBTherefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
ASVIn the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.
YLTin the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? --for the seven had her as wife.'
DARBYIn the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?
BBEWhen they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.
WebsterTherefore in the resurrection, whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

What does Luke 20:33 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.

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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…

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Luke 20:33 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.

οὖνounthereforeG3767
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēatheG3588
ἀναστάσει,anastaseiresurrection,G386
τίνοςtinosof whichG5101
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
γίνεταιginetaidoes she becomeG1096
γυνή;gunēwife?G1135
οἱhoi<the>G3588
γὰρgarForG1063
ἑπτὰheptathe sevenG2033
ἔσχονeschonhadG2192
αὐτὴνautēnherG846
γυναῖκα.¶gunaikaas wife.G1135

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

Cross references for Luke 20:33

  • Matthew 22:24-28

    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. And last of all the woman died also. …

  • Mark 12:19-23

    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. And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. …

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Mt 22:24-28; Mr 12:19-23

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Context

  • Luke 20:32

    Last of all the woman died also.

  • Luke 20:33

    Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

  • Luke 20:34

    And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

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Luke 20:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En la resurrección, pues, ¿mujer de cuál de ellos será? porque los siete la tuvieron por mujer.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Dans la résurrection donc, duquel d’entre eux sera-t-elle la femme, car les sept l’ont eue pour femme?
German
Elberfelder 1871
In der Auferstehung nun, wessen Weib von ihnen wird sie? denn die sieben hatten sie zum Weibe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In resurrectione ergo, cujus eorum erit uxor? siquidem septem habuerunt eam uxorem.