Matthew 22 · Verse 32

Matthew 22:32

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Matthew 22:32, King James Version

Matthew 22:32 in other translations

BSB‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
WEB‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
ASVI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
YLTI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'
DARBYI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?God is not God of the dead, but of the living.
BBEI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
WebsterI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

What does Matthew 22:32 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 32. Mt 22:31

(g) "I am the God" Ex 3:6,15,16, Heb 11:16

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 I am the God of Abraham - Let it be observed, that Abraham was dead upwards of 300 years before these words were spoken to Moses: yet still God calls himself the God of Abraham, etc. Now Christ properly observes that God is not the God of the dead, (that word being equal, in the sense of the Sadducees, to an eternal annihilation), but of the living; it therefore follows that, if he be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, these are not dead, but alive; alive with God, though they had ceased, for some hundreds of years, to exist among mortals. We may see, from this, that our Lord combats and confutes another opinion of the Sadducees, viz. that there is neither angel nor spirit; by showing that the soul is not only immortal, but lives with God, even while the body is detained in the dust of the earth, which body is afterwards to be raised to life, and united with its soul by the miraculous power of God, of which power they showed themselves to be ignorant when they denied the possibility of a resurrection.

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 22:32 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.

ἐγώegōI myselfG1473
εἰμιeimiamG1510
ὁhotheG3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
ἈβραὰμAbraamof AbrahamG11
καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhotheG3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
ἸσαὰκIsaakof IsaacG2464
καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhotheG3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
Ἰακώβ;Iakōbof Jacob?’G2384
οὐκoukNotG3756
ἔστινestinHe isG1510
ὁhotheG3588
θεὸςtheosGodG2316
νεκρῶνnekrōnof [the] deadG3498
ἀλλὰallabutG235
ζώντων.¶zōntōnof [the] living.G2198

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

Cross references for Matthew 22:32

  • Exodus 3:6

    Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  • Mark 12:26-27

    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? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

  • Acts 7:32

    Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

  • Luke 20:37-38

    Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

  • Exodus 3:15-16

    And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
am.
Ex 3:6,15,16; Ac 7:32; Heb 11:16
God is.
Mr 12:26,27; Lu 20:37,38

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

Context

  • Matthew 22:31

    But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

  • Matthew 22:32

    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

  • Matthew 22:33

    And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

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Matthew 22:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, y el Dios de Isaac, y el Dios de Jacob? Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		« Moi, je suis le Dieu d’Abraham, et le Dieu d’Isaac, et le Dieu de Jacob »? Dieu n’est pas le Dieu des morts, mais des vivants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Ich bin der Gott Abrahams und der Gott Isaaks und der Gott Jakobs"? Gott ist nicht ein Gott der Toten, sondern der Lebendigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego sum Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob? Non est Deus mortuorum, sed viventium.