So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
- KJV Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
- BSB So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
- NKJV Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”
- NASB Therefore, in the resurrection, which one’s wife does the woman become? For all seven married her.”
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Quick answer
They demand to know whose wife she will be in the resurrection, assuming this proves resurrection is absurd.
Overview
This is the climax of their challenge: seven men have a rightful claim to one woman. The Sadducees believe marriage relationships must carry over unchanged, creating an impossible situation. Jesus will overturn this assumption by revealing the transformed nature of the resurrection life.
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Cross-references · 2
- Matt 22:24–28saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’
- Mark 12:19–23“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’
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