Mark 12:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Περὶ δὲ τῶν νεκρῶν, ὅτι ἐγείρονται: οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ Μωσέως, ἐπὶ τῆς βάτου ὡς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός, λέγων, Ἐγὼ ὁ Θεὸς Ἀβραάμ, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσαάκ, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰακώβ;

Transliteration

Peri but the nekrōn, that egeirontai: not anegnōte in the biblō of Mōseōs, upon the batou as eipen to him the Theos, legōn, Egō the Theos of Abraam, and the Theos of Isaak, and the Theos of Iakōb?

Grammar Details

• *Peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
• *nekrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of dead ones
• *egeirontai*: present passive indicative, 3rd plural - they are raised
• *anegnōte*: aorist active indicative, 2nd plural - you have read [completed action]
• *biblō*: dative, feminine, singular - book/scroll
• *Mōseōs*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Moses
• *batou*: genitive, feminine, singular - bush
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said [completed action]
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Egō*: personal pronoun, nominative - I
• *Abraam*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Abraham
• *Isaak*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Isaac
• *Iakōb*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jacob

Word Meanings

• *Peri*: concerning/about/regarding
• *nekrōn*: dead ones/corpses
• *egeirontai*: they are raised/resurrected
• *anegnōte*: you have read/you read
• *biblō*: book/scroll/writing
• *batou*: bush/bramble
• *eipen*: said/spoke
• *legōn*: saying/speaking
• *Egō*: I/myself
• *Theos*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Luke 20:37 : 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
• Acts 7:30-32 : 30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel {G2962} appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came {G4314} {G846} a voice of the Lord, 32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and {G2316} of Isaac, and {G2316} of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 26:24 : 24 And Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
• Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
• Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
• Gen 32:9 : 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:
• Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
• Exod 3:2-6 : 2 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away; 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Matt 22:31-32 : 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.
• Mark 12:10 : 10 Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;