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Luke 20:33

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

KJV

ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή; οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.

Greek NT

In resurrectione ergo, cujus eorum erit uxor ? siquidem septem habuerunt eam uxorem.

Vulgate

In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

ASV

In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? For all the seven had her to wife.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀνάστασις
anastasis
noun · 42×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑπτά
epta
adjective · 88×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ | WH/NIV: ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ | Treg/RP: ἐν τῇ οὖν
  • ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇSBLGNT
  • ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐν τῇ οὖνTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Marriage in the Integral Vision of Man The Gospels according to Matthew and Mark report the answer Christ gave to the Pharisees when they questioned him about the indissolubility of marriage. They referred to the law of Moses, which in certain cases admitted the practice of the so-called certificate of divorce. Reminding them of the first chapters of Genesis, Christ answered: …

Cross-references

  • Matt 22:24 — Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.