Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
KJV
οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων. πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
Greek NT
Non est Deus mortuorum, sed vivorum. Vos ergo multum erratis.
Vulgate
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
ASV
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πλανάω
planao
verb · 39×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: θεὸς | WH/Treg/NA: θεὸς | NIV/RP: ὁ θεὸς
- θεὸς — SBLGNT
- θεὸς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
- ὁ θεὸς — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἀλλὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀλλὰ | RP: + θεὸς
- ἀλλὰ — SBLGNT
- ἀλλὰ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + θεὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πολὺ | WH/NIV: πολὺ | Treg/RP: ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ
- πολὺ — SBLGNT
- πολὺ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§993The Pharisees and many of the Lord's contemporaries hoped for the resurrection. Jesus teaches it firmly. To the Sadducees who deny it he answers, "Is not this why you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God?"540 Faith in the resurrection rests on faith in God who "is not God of the dead, but of the living."541
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
- Jas 1:16 — Do not err, my beloved brethren.
- Mark 12:24 — And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
- Rom 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
- Rom 14:9 — For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.