Luke 20:36

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for neither are they able to die any more -- for they are like messengers -- and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὔτε γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν ἔτι δύνανται: ἰσάγγελοι γάρ εἰσιν· καὶ υἱοί εἰσιν τοῦ Θεοῦ, τῆς ἀναστάσεως υἱοὶ ὄντες.

Transliteration

Neither gar apothanein eti dynastai: isangeloi gar eisin; and huioi eisin of Theou, of the anastaseōs huioi ontes.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *apothanein*: aorist active infinitive - to die
• *eti*: adverb - still/yet/longer
• *dynastai*: present middle, 3rd plural - they are able
• *isangeloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - equal to angels
• *eisin*: present active, 3rd plural - they are
• *huioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - sons
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *anastaseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of resurrection
• *ontes*: present active participle, nominative, plural - being

Word Meanings

• *apothanein eti dynastai*: they can still die/they are able to die anymore
• *isangeloi*: equal to angels/like the angels
• *eisin*: they are/they exist
• *huioi tou Theou*: sons of God/children of God
• *anastaseōs huioi ontes*: being sons of the resurrection/being children of the resurrection

Referenced Verses

• Matt 22:30 : 30 for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.
• Rev 21:4 : 4 and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
• Rev 22:2-5 : 2 in the midst of its broad place, and of the river on this side and on that, `is' a tree of life, yielding twelve fruits, in each several month rendering its fruits, and the leaves of the tree `are' for the service of the nations; 3 and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him, 4 and they shall see His face, and His name `is' upon their foreheads, 5 and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 and he saith to me, `See -- not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'
• Isa 25:8 : 8 He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.
• Hos 13:14 : 14 From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where `is' thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.
• Zech 3:7 : 7 `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: If in My ways thou dost walk, And if My charge thou dost keep, Then also thou dost judge My house, And also thou dost keep My courts, And I have given to thee conductors among these standing by.
• Mark 12:25 : 25 for when they may rise out of the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers who are in the heavens.
• Rom 8:17-23 : 17 and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ -- if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time `are' not worthy `to be compared' with the glory about to be revealed in us; 19 for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God; 20 for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject `it' -- in hope, 21 that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God; 22 for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now. 23 And not only `so', but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves in ourselves do groan, adoption expecting -- the redemption of our body;
• 1 Cor 15:26 : 26 the last enemy is done away -- death;
• 1 Cor 15:42 : 42 So also `is' the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
• 1 Cor 15:49 : 49 and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
• 1 Cor 15:52-54 : 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed: 53 for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality; 54 and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up -- to victory;
• Phil 3:21 : 21 who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things.
• 1 Thess 4:13-17 : 13 And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, 14 for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him, 15 for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living -- who do remain over to the presence of the Lord -- may not precede those asleep, 16 because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, 17 then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;
• 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; 2 beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;
• Rev 5:6-9 : 6 and I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth, 7 and he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne. 8 And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each one harps and golden vials full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints, 9 and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.' 11 And I saw, and I heard the voice of many messengers round the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders -- and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands -- 12 saying with a great voice, `Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!' 13 and every creature that is in the heaven, and in the earth, and under the earth, and the things that are upon the sea, and the all things in them, heard I saying, `To Him who is sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb, `is' the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the might -- to the ages of the ages!' 14 and the four living creatures said, `Amen!' and the twenty-four elders fell down and they bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages.
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands, 10 and crying with a great voice, saying, `The salvation `is' to Him who is sitting upon the throne -- to our God, and to the Lamb!' 11 And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God, 12 saying, `Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, `are' to our God -- to the ages of the ages! Amen!'
• Rev 20:6 : 6 Happy and holy `is' he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.