Luke 20:27

American Standard Version (1901)

And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Προσελθόντες δέ τινες τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι· ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν,

Transliteration

Proselthontes de tines of the Saddoukaiōn, the ones antilegontes anastasin mē einai; they epērōtēsan him,

Grammar Details

• *Proselthontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, plural - having approached
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *tines*: indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural - some/certain ones
• *Saddoukaiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of the Sadducees
• *antilegontes*: present active participle, nominative, plural - contradicting/denying
• *anastasin*: accusative, feminine, singular - resurrection
• *mē einai*: negative + present infinitive - not to be
• *epērōtēsan*: aorist active, 3rd plural - they questioned

Word Meanings

• *Proselthontes*: having approached/coming to/approaching
• *tines*: some/certain ones
• *Saddoukaiōn*: of the Sadducees
• *antilegontes anastasin mē einai*: denying that resurrection exists/saying there is no resurrection
• *epērōtēsan*: questioned/asked/inquired of

Referenced Verses

• Matt 22:23-33 : 23 On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, 24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; 26 in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And after them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29 But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven. 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not [the God] of the dead, but of the living. 33 And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
• Mark 12:18-27 : 18 And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed; 21 and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise: 22 and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven. 26 But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
• Acts 4:1-2 : 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
• Acts 5:17 : 17 But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
• Matt 16:1 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
• 1 Cor 15:12 : 12 Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
• 2 Tim 2:17-18 : 17 and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus; 18 men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
• Matt 16:6 : 6 And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Matt 16:12 : 12 Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Acts 23:6-8 : 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.