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Selected Verse: Luke 20:34 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 20:34 |
King James |
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
said unto them--In Mat 22:29, the reply begins with this important statement:--"Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures," regarding the future state, "nor the power of God," before which a thousand such difficulties vanish (also Mar 12:24). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The children of this world - The inhabitants of earth, marry and are given in marriage - As being all subject to the law of mortality; so that the species is in need of being continually repaired. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The children of this world - Men and women in their present state of mortality and probation; procreation being necessary to restore the waste made by death, and to keep up the population of the earth. |
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.