Mark 12:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔρχονται Σαδδουκαῖοι πρὸς αὐτόν, οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι· καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν, λέγοντες,

Transliteration

And erchontai Saddoukaioi pros him, hoitines legousin anastasin mē einai; and they-epērōtēsan him, legontes,

Grammar Details

• *erchontai*: present middle indicative, 3rd plural - come
• *Saddoukaioi*: nominative plural masculine - Sadducees
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *hoitines*: relative pronoun, nominative plural masculine - who
• *legousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - say
• *anastasin*: accusative singular feminine - resurrection
• *mē einai*: negative particle + present active infinitive - not to be
• *epērōtēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - questioned
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative plural masculine - saying

Word Meanings

• *erchontai*: come/approach/arrive
• *Saddoukaioi*: Sadducees
• *hoitines*: who/the ones who
• *legousin*: say/claim/assert
• *anastasin*: resurrection/rising up
• *mē einai*: not to be/does not exist
• *epērōtēsan*: questioned/asked/inquired of
• *legontes*: saying/speaking

Referenced Verses

• Acts 4:1-2 : 1 And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them, 2 Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.
• Matt 22:23-33 : 23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying, 24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother; 25 Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother; 26 In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman came to her end. 28 When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her. 29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God. 30 For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven. 31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings: 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 the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.
• Luke 20:27-40 : 27 And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him, 28 Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children; 30 And the second; 31 And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end. 32 And last of all, the woman came to her end. 33 When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her. 34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives; 35 But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married; 36 And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead. 37 But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him. 39 And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well. 40 And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.
• Acts 23:6-9 : 6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead. 7 And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these. 9 And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
• 1 Cor 15:13-18 : 13 But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead: 14 And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect. 15 Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead. 16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again: 17 And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins. 18 And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.
• 2 Tim 2:18 : 18 Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.