Luke 20:36

36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.

Luke 20:36 in Other Translations

KJV
36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
ESV
36 for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
NLT
36 And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.
MSG
36 nor, of course, with death. They will have better things to think about, if you can believe it. All ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God.
CSB
36 For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

Luke 20:36 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:36

Neither can they die any more
Therefore there will be no need of marrying to procreate children, to keep up a succession of men, any more than there is among the angels: for they are equal unto the angels;
in spirituality, purity and immortality; (See Gill on Matthew 22:30) and are the children of God:
as they are now by adopting grace; but, as yet, it does not appear as it will then, what they are and will be: being the children of the resurrection;
as Christ was declared to be the son of God by his resurrection, so will they appear to be the children of God by their resurrection to eternal life; for though others will rise, yet not to everlasting life, and thus appearing to be children of God, they will also be heirs of God, and enjoy the inheritance, which they will always live to possess in their persons; and therefore the case being different with them from the children of the world, they will not marry, nor be given in marriage, as they are.

Luke 20:36 In-Context

34 Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,
36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S John 1:12; 1 John 3:1-2
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