Matthew 22 · Verse 28

Matthew 22:28

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
Matthew 22:28, King James Version

Matthew 22:28 in other translations

BSBIn the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
WEBIn the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”
ASVIn the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
YLTtherefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife--for all had her?'
DARBYIn the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?
BBEWhen they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.
WebsterTherefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

What does Matthew 22:28 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 28. Mt 22:25

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Whose wife shall she be of the seven? - The rabbins have said, That if a woman have two husbands in this world, she shall have the first only restored to her in the world to come. Sohar. Genes. fol. 24. The question put by these bad men is well suited to the mouth of a libertine. Those who live without God in the world have no other god than the world; and those who have not that happiness which comes from the enjoyment of God have no other pleasure than that which comes from the gratification of sensual appetites. The stream cannot rise higher than the spring: these men, and their younger brethren, atheists, deists, and libertines of all sorts, can form no idea of heaven as a place of blessedness, unless they can hope to find in it the gratification of their sensual desires. On this very ground Mohammed built his paradise.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 22:23-33

The doctrines of Christ displeased the infidel Sadducees, as well as the Pharisees and Herodians. He carried the great truths of the resurrection and a future state, further than they had yet been reveled. There is no arguing from the state of things in this world, as to what will take place hereafter. Let truth be set in a clear light, and it appears in full strength. Having thus silenced them, our Lord proceeded…

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Matthew 22:28 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.

ἐνenInG1722
τῇtēatheG3588
ἀναστάσειanastaseiresurrectionG386
οὖνounthereforeG3767
τίνοςtinosof whichG5101
τῶνtōnof theG3588
ἑπτὰheptasevenG2033
ἔσταιestaiwill she beG1510
γυνή;gunēwife?G1135
πάντεςpantesAllG3956
γὰρgarforG1063
ἔσχονeschonhadG2192
αὐτήν.¶autēnher.G846

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

Context

  • Matthew 22:27

    And last of all the woman died also.

  • Matthew 22:28

    Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

  • Matthew 22:29

    Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

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Matthew 22:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En la resurrección pues, ¿de cuál de los siete será ella mujer? porque todos la tuvieron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dans la résurrection donc, duquel des sept sera-t-elle la femme, car tous l’ont eue?
German
Elberfelder 1871		In der Auferstehung nun, wessen Weib von den sieben wird sie sein? denn alle hatten sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In resurrectione ergo cujus erit de septem uxor? omnes enim habuerunt eam.