The Meaning of Luke 20:33 Explained

Luke 20:33

KJV: Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

YLT: in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? -- for the seven had her as wife.'

Darby: In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

ASV: In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore  in  the resurrection  whose  wife  of them  is she?  for  seven  had  her  to wife. 

What does Luke 20:33 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

Greek Commentary for Luke 20:33

Had her [εσχον]
Constative second aorist indicative of εχω — echō including all seven seriatim. So Matthew 22:28; Mark 12:33. [source]
To wife [γυναικα]
As wife, accusative in apposition with “her.” [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 20:33 mean?

The woman therefore in the resurrection of which of them does she become wife - For the seven had her as wife
γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα

γυνὴ  woman 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: γυνή  
Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow.
ἀναστάσει  resurrection 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ἀνάστασις  
Sense: a raising up, rising (e.
τίνος  of  which 
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: τίς  
Sense: who, which, what.
αὐτῶν  of  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
γίνεται  does  she  become 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Root: γίνομαι  
Sense: to become, i.
γυνή  wife 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: γυνή  
Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow.
οἱ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἑπτὰ  the  seven 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἑπτά  
Sense: seven.
αὐτὴν  her 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
γυναῖκα  as  wife 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: γυνή  
Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow.

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