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Mark 12:23

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

KJV

ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει, ὅταν ἀναστῶσιν, τίνος αὐτῶν ἔσται γυνή; οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.

Greek NT

In resurrectione ergo cum resurrexerint, cujus de his erit uxor ? septem enim habuerunt eam uxorem.

Vulgate

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

ASV

In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? For the seven had her to wife.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀνάστασις
anastasis
noun · 42×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑπτά
epta
adjective · 88×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: ὅταν ἀναστῶσιν | NA/RP: ὅταν ἀναστῶσιν
  • ὅταν ἀναστῶσινSBLGNT
  • ὅταν ἀναστῶσινNestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 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

  • Ps 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.