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Selected Verse: Luke 20:36 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 20:36 |
King James |
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. |
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] |
neither . . . die any more--Marriage is ordained to perpetuate the human family; but as there will be no breaches by death in the future state, this ordinance will cease.
equal--or "like."
unto the angels--that is, in the immortality of their nature.
children of God--not in respect of character but nature; "being the children of the resurrection" to an undecaying existence (Rom 8:21, Rom 8:23). And thus the children of their Father's immortality (Ti1 6:16). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angels
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Equal unto the angels (ἰσάγγελοι)
Only here in New Testament. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They are the children of God - In a more eminent sense when they rise again. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Equal unto the angels - Who neither marry nor die. See the Jewish testimonies to the resurrection of the human body quoted at length on Co1 15:42 (note). |
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: