Luke 20:38
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
KJV
θεὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων· πάντες γὰρ αὐτῷ ζῶσιν.
Greek NT
Deus autem non est mortuorum, sed vivorum : omnes enim vivunt ei.
Vulgate
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
ASV
For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p
- 2Cor 13:4 — For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
- Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
- Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
- Ps 91:2 — I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- Ps 145:1 — I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Rev 7:15 — Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
- Rom 6:10 — For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
- Rom 6:10 — For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
- Rom 6:22 — But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
- Rom 14:7 — For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.