Finally, the woman also died.
Parallel translations
- WEB Afterward the woman also died.
- KJV Last of all the woman died also.
- BSB And last of all, the woman died.
- NKJV Last of all the woman died also.
- NASB Finally the woman also died.
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Quick answer
Finally the woman herself dies, completing the scenario.
Overview
With all eight now dead, the stage is set for the trap question. The Sadducees think they have created an unanswerable problem for anyone who believes in resurrection. Their confidence rests on a flawed view of what God's renewed world will be like.
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Cross-references · 4
- Eccl 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
- Eccl 1:4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
- Judg 2:10After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.
- Heb 9:27Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
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