Luke 20:33

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

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ἀναστάσει

anástasis

G386

“rising up”

Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine

Appears 42× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 22:23

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G450

TDNT: 07:11,6

1. a raising up, rising (e.g. from a seat) 2. a rising from the dead a. that of Christ b. that of all men at the end of this present age c. the resurrection of certain ones history who were restored to life ( Heb. 11:35 )

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

16: words
11: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ἀναστάσει rising up G386 occurs in 40 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

γυνὴ woman G1135 ×3
ἡ the G3588 ×3
αὐτῶν he G846 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 20:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Matthew 22:24–28 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
Mark 12:19–23 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

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Commentary

Notes on Luke 20:33 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

20:33 whose wife will she be in the resurrection? The Sadducees used this hypothetical situation in an attempt to show that the idea of resurrection was absurd. This was probably a stock polemic that the Sadducees used in debating the Pharisees.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

33. accounted worthy] Comp. Luk_21:36; Rev_3:4; 2Th_1:5. Sane magna dignatio. Bengel.

to obtain that world] i.e. the genuine inheritors of the future aeon beyond the grave, Luk_14:14; Php_3:11. The answer of Jesus is not only full of tolerant condescension, but also of a divine wisdom which at once dwarfs into insignificance the most vaunted insight of the Rabbinic Hillels and Shammais. It is further most important, as being one of the very few passages which give us a clear glimpse into the actual conditions of future blessedness. These Sadducees erred because, in their ignorance of the Scriptures and the power of God (Mar_12:24), they were imagining a kingdom which could be inherited by “flesh and blood.”

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Now that the dead are raised,.... Or that there will be a resurrection of the dead, this is a proof of it:

even Moses showed at the bush: when the Lord appeared to him out of it, and he saw it burning with fire, and not consumed; when the Lord called to him out of it by the following name, as he has recorded it in Exo 3:6. Hence it is said,

when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; for though the Lord called himself so, yet Moses likewise calls him by these names, when he gives an account of this affair, and when he went from him to the children Israel; See Gill on Mat 22:32.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

33. ἐν τῇ οὖν ἀναστάσει. The forcible order of BL is “the woman, therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become of the seven?”

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

33. τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή ; The question is a plausible appeal to the rough common sense of the multitude, and is based upon the coarse materialistic views of the resurrection which then prevailed.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 16 words (11 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is anástasis (“rising up”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word anástasis carries the sense “rising up.” How does it shape the verse?
How does Matthew 22:23, which shares the word «rising up», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “woman” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Tyndale Open Study Notes and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 3 words in this verse.
“woman” occurs 3× in this single verse.
11 distinct Greek lemmas span 16 words in this verse.