Luke 20:38

King James Version

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to

King James Version (1611)
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the liuing for all liue vnto him.

English Standard Version
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."

New American Standard Bible
"Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him."

New Century Version
God is the God of the living, not the dead, because all people are alive to him."

Amplified Bible
"Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living [so these forefathers will be among the resurrected]; for all live [in a definite relationship] to Him."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him."

Legacy Standard Bible
Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him."

Berean Standard Bible
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive."

Contemporary English Version
So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living — to him all are alive."

Darby Translation
but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for all live for him.

Easy-to-Read Version
So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. Yes, to God they are all still living."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which liue: for all liue vnto him.

George Lamsa Translation
God is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to him.

Good News Translation
He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive."

Lexham English Bible
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

Literal Translation
But He is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to Him.

American Standard Version
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Bible in Basic English
Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.

Hebrew Names Version
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

International Standard Version
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all people are alive to him."all who are with him are alive">[fn]Romans 6:10-11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But he was not the God of the dead, but of the living: for they all live unto him.

Murdock Translation
38 Now God is not [fn] of the dead, but of the living; for they all live to him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he is not a God of dead, but of lyuyng: For all lyue vnto hym.

English Revised Version
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

World English Bible
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; so that all live to him.

Weymouth's New Testament
He is not a God of dead, but of living men, for to Him are all living."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And God is not of deed men, but of lyuynge men; for alle men lyuen to hym.

Update Bible Version
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

New English Translation
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him."

New King James Version
For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him."

New Living Translation
So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him."

New Life Bible
For He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living. All live for Him."

New Revised Standard
Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, God, he is not, of the dead, but, of the living, - for, all, unto him, do live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

Revised Standard Version
Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he is not the God of the deed but of them which live. For all live in him.

Young's Literal Translation
and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But God is not a God of the deed but of the lyuynge, for they lyue all vnto him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. they are all then alive with respect to him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
If death was the end, and there was no more, then dead people don't need a God. The Boss is God over the living, not the dead. These three great cowboys are alive with God today, not dead."

Contextual Overview

²⁷ Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, ²⁸ Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. ²⁹ There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰ And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. ³¹ And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. ³² Last of all the woman died also. ³³ Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. ³⁴ And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: ³⁵ But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: ³⁶ 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a God: Psalms 16:5-11, Psalms 22:23-26, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, Hebrews 11:16

for all: John 6:57, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 14:19, Romans 6:10, Romans 6:11, Romans 6:22, Romans 6:23, Romans 14:7-9, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 2 Corinthians 13:4, Colossians 3:3, Colossians 3:4, Revelation 7:15-17, Revelation 22:1

Reciprocal: Psalms 91:2 - my God Matthew 22:32 - God is Acts 17:28 - in him Hebrews 6:12 - inherit

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living,....

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for all live unto him. The Persic version, reads, "all these live unto him"; namely, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for though they are dead to men, they are not to God; their souls live with him, and their bodies will be raised by him: he reckons of them, as if they were now alive, for he quickens the dead, and calls things that are not, as though they were; and this is the case of all the saints that are dead, as well as of those patriarchs. The Ethiopic reads, "all live with him"; as the souls of all departed saints do; the Arabic version reads, all live in him; so all do now, Acts 17:28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this explained in the Matthew 22:15-33 notes, and Mark 12:13-27 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. All live unto him. — There is a remarkable passage in Josephus's account of the Maccabees, chap. xvi., which proves that the best informed Jews believed that the souls of righteous men were in the presence of God in a state of happiness. "They who lose their lives for the sake of God, LIVE unto GOD, as do Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the patriarchs." And one not less remarkable in Shemoth Rabba, fol. 159. "Rabbi Abbin saith, The Lord said unto Moses, Find me out ten righteous persons among the people, and I will not destroy thy people. Then said Moses, Behold, here am I, Aaron, Eleazar, Ithamar, Phineas, Caleb, and Joshua; but God said, Here are but seven, where are the other three? When Moses knew not what to do, he said, O Eternal God, do those live that are dead! Yes, saith God. Then said Moses, If those that are dead do live, remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." So the resurrection of the dead, and the immortality and immateriality of the soul, were not strange or unknown doctrines among the Jews.