The Question about the Resurrection

27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

Other Translations of Luke 20:27

New International Version

The Question about the Resurrection

27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.

English Standard Version

The Question about the Resurrection

27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,

The Message

The Question about the Resurrection

27 Some Sadducees came up. This is the Jewish party that denies any possibility of resurrection. They asked,

New King James Version

The Question about the Resurrection

27 Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

New Living Translation

The Question about the Resurrection

27 Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees-religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 20:27

Commentary on Luke 20:27-38

(Read 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 which deserves them. Believers shall obtain the resurrection from the dead, that is the blessed resurrection. What shall be the happy state of the inhabitants of that world, we cannot express or conceive, Genesis 15:1. He never did that for them in this world, which answered the full extent of his undertaking; therefore there must be another life, in which he will do that for them, which will completely fulfil the promise.