Luke 20:32
What does Luke 20:32 mean?
A plain-English look at Luke 20:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Luke 20:32 means
The Sadducees concluded their hypothetical by stating, "Afterward the woman also died." This final detail completes the earthly narrative, confirming that all parties involved in their complex levirate marriage scenario were now deceased. This allows them to directly pose their question within the context of the resurrection, a state where all earthly conditions and relationships, in their view, would continue. The death of the woman sets the stage for their direct theological challenge to Jesus about the nature of resurrected life.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Afterward the woman also died.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Last of all the woman died also.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Afterward the woman also died.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And last of all, the woman came to her end.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and last of all died also the woman:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Last of all the woman died also.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and last of all the woman also died.
Context
This verse provides the concluding detail of the Sadducees' hypothetical case, confirming the death of the woman after all seven brothers have died childless. This final point fully establishes the conditions for their aporia and directly leads to their question about the resurrection, which they believe to be unanswerable, thereby demonstrating the
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
- Judges 2:10
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.
- Hebrews 9:27
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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