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Selected Verse: Luke 20:37 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 20:37 |
King James |
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. |
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] |
| even Moses--whom they had just quoted to entangle Him. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
God
Elohim.
(See Scofield) - (Exo 3:6). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Shewed (ἐμήνυσεν)
Originally to disclose something secret. Hence, generally, to make known.
At the bush (ἐπὶ τῆς βάτου)
Wrong. Render as Rev., in the place concerning the bush. See on Mar 12:26. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| That the dead are raised, even Moses, as well as the other prophets showed, when he calleth - That is, when he recites the words which God spoke of himself, I am the God of Abraham, Mat 22:32. It cannot properly be said, that God is the God of any who are totally perished. Exo 3:6. |
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.