The Meaning of Luke 20:31 Explained

Luke 20:31

KJV: And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

YLT: and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven -- they left not children, and they died;

Darby: and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

ASV: and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  the third  took  her;  and  in like manner  the seven  also:  and they left  no  children,  and  died. 

What does Luke 20:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 20:27-40 - The God Of The Living
Here our Lord answers the materialism of His time. He speaks with the note of absolute certainty concerning the unseen, Hebrews 11:27. Its inhabitants do not die or marry, nor are they subject to the conditions of our earthly life. These are the children of the resurrection. What an inspiring title! May it be applied to us as in Colossians 3:1-4? Too many are "the sons of this age," Luke 20:34, r.v., margin! They adopt this transient earth as their foster parent! We cannot belong to both, though some, like Bunyan's waterman, row in one direction, while they look in another.
How wonderful to find a proof of immortality in that passage about the bush, Exodus 3:6! The fact that Jehovah said, "I am the God of Abraham," proved that the patriarch was in existence somewhere at that moment. Those whom we describe as dead are living people who have died. Death is but a passage, a step. There is no break in the chain of existence. Yonder and here all live unto God, Romans 14:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 20

1  Jesus confirms his authority by a question of John's baptism
9  The parable of the vineyard
19  Of giving tribute to Caesar
27  He instructs the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection
41  How Jesus is the Son of David
45  He warns his disciples to beware of the scribes

What do the individual words in Luke 20:31 mean?

and the third took her likewise then also the seven not did leave children died
καὶ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα ἀπέθανον

τρίτος  third 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: τρίτον 
Sense: the third.
ἔλαβεν  took 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λαμβάνω  
Sense: to take.
αὐτήν  her 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ὡσαύτως  likewise 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὡσαύτως  
Sense: in like manner, likewise.
καὶ  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: καί  
Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but.
ἑπτὰ  seven 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἑπτά  
Sense: seven.
κατέλιπον  did  leave 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: καταλείπω  
Sense: to leave behind.
τέκνα  children 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: τέκνον  
Sense: offspring, children.
ἀπέθανον  died 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀποθνῄσκω  
Sense: to die.

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