Mark 12 · Verse 25

Mark 12:25

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Mark 12:25, King James Version

Mark 12:25 in other translations

BSBWhen the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
WEBFor when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
ASVFor when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
YLTfor when they may rise out of the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers who are in the heavens.
DARBYFor when they rise from among the dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels who are in the heavens.
BBEWhen they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.
WebsterFor when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels who are in heaven.

What does Mark 12:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage--"neither can they die any more" (Lu 20:36). Marriage is ordained to perpetuate the human family; but as there will be no breaches by death in the future state, this ordinance will cease. but are as the angels which are in heaven--In Luke (Lu 20:36) it is "equal unto the angels." But as the subject is death and resurrection, we are not warranted to extend the equality here taught beyond the one point--the immortality of their nature. A beautiful clause is added in Luke (Lu 20:36)--"and are the children of God"--not in respect of character, which is not here spoken of, but of nature--"being the children of the resurrection," as rising to an undecaying existence (Ro 8:21, 23), and so being the children of their Father's immortality (1Ti 6:16).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 25. Are as the angels. That is, as the angels in respect to connexions and relations. What that may be we know not; but this passage teaches that the peculiar relation of marriage will not exist. It does not affirm, however, that there will be no recollection of former marriages, or no recognition of each other as having existed in this tender relation.

(f) "but are" 1Cor 15:42-53

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 12:18-27

A right knowledge of the Scripture, as the fountain whence all revealed religion now flows, and the foundation on which it is built, is the best preservative against error. Christ put aside the objection of the Sadducees, who were the scoffing infidels of that day, by setting the doctrine of the future state in a true light. The relation between husband and wife, though appointed in the earthly paradise, will not be…

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Mark 12:25 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.

ὅτανhotanWhenG3752
γὰρgarforG1063
ἐκekout fromG1537
νεκρῶνnekrōn[the] deadG3498
ἀναστῶσιν,anastōsinthey may rise,G450
οὔτεouteneitherG3777
γαμοῦσινgamousindo they marryG1060
οὔτεoutenorG3777
γαμίζονταιgamizontaiare given in marriageG1061
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235
εἰσὶνeisinareG1510
ὡςhōslikeG5613
ἄγγελοιangeloiangelsG32
ἐνeninG1722
τοῖςtoistheG3588
οὐρανοῖς.ouranoisheavens.G3772

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

Cross references for Mark 12:25

  • Luke 20:35-36

    But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

  • Matthew 22:30

    For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

  • 1 John 3:2

    Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • Hebrews 12:22-23

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

  • 1 Corinthians 15:42-54

    So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
but.
Mt 22:30; Lu 20:35,36; 1Co 15:42-54; Heb 12:22,23; 1Jo 3:2

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Context

  • Mark 12:24

    And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

  • Mark 12:25

    For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

  • Mark 12:26

    And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

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Mark 12:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque cuando resucitarán de los muertos, ni se casarán, ni serán dados en casamiento, mas son como los ángeles que están en los cielos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car, quand on ressuscite d’entre les morts, on ne se marie, ni on n’est donné en mariage, mais on est comme des anges dans les cieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn wenn sie aus den Toten auferstehen, heiraten sie nicht, noch werden sie verheiratet, sondern sie sind wie Engel in den Himmeln.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cum enim a mortuis resurrexerint, neque nubent, neque nubentur, sed sunt sicut angeli in cælis.