Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
[Then] certain Sadducees came to Jesus (they are the ones who say there is no resurrection [of the dead]).
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Holman Bible
Some
International Standard Version
Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus
A Conservative Version
And some of the Sadducees having approached, those who say there is no resurrection, they questioned him,
American Standard Version
And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;
Amplified
Now some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him
Anderson New Testament
Then there came to him some of the Sadducees, (these deny that there is any resurrection,) and asked him,
Bible in Basic English
And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,
Common New Testament
Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Afterwards some of the Pharisees, who deny there is any resurrection, accosted him with this question,
Darby Translation
And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up to him,
Godbey New Testament
And certain ones of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, coming forward asked Him,
Goodspeed New Testament
Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked him,
John Wesley New Testament
Then certain of the Saducees, who deny there is any resurrection, coming to him asked him,
Julia Smith Translation
And certain of the Sadducees having approached, speaking against there being a rising up, asked him,
King James 2000
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now some of the Sadducees--who deny {that there is a resurrection}--came up [and] asked him,
Modern King James verseion
And certain of the Sadducees came, those speaking against a resurrection, that it was not to be. And they asked Him,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection. And they asked him,
Moffatt New Testament
Some of the Sadducees came up, who deny any resurrection, and put a question to him.
Montgomery New Testament
Next came some of the Sadducees who deny that there is resurrection, and they asked him.
NET Bible
Now some Sadducees (who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him.
New Heart English Bible
Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
Noyes New Testament
Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to him, and asked him,
Sawyer New Testament
And some of the Sadducees came forward, who deny that there is a resurrection, and asked him,
The Emphasized Bible
But there came near certain of the Sadducees, they who say, Resurrection, there is none! and questioned him,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then certain of the Sadducees, who contend that there is no resurrection, asked him,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this--
Webster
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees (who deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him,
Weymouth New Testament
Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection)
Williams New Testament
Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked Him,
World English Bible
Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
Worrell New Testament
And some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, coming near, asked Him,
Worsley New Testament
And some of the Sadducees (who deny a resurrection) came to Him and asked Him,
Youngs Literal Translation
And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,
Themes
Resurrection » Doubts concerning, on the part of worldly men
Resurrection » The resurrected
The Resurrection » Denied by the sadducees
Interlinear
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Anastasis
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 20:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Question About Marriage And The Resurrection
26 And they were not able to get hold of anything Jesus said in front of the people. And they marveled at His answer and did not say anything [further]. 27 [Then] certain Sadducees came to Jesus (they are the ones who say there is no resurrection [of the dead]). 28 They said to Him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us [Deut 25:5] that if a man's brother dies, leaving his widow [behind] without having had any children, his brother should marry his widow and father children [by her]. These children would then be considered his [dead] brother's.
Cross References
Matthew 16:1
The Pharisees and Sadducees came [and attempted] to test Jesus [by] asking Him to perform a [supernatural] sign from heaven.
Matthew 22:23-33
Some Sadducees [Note: These were the Jewish party that denied there was a resurrection] came to Jesus that day and asked Him,
Mark 12:18-27
Then some Sadducees, [the ones] who say there is no resurrection [of the dead], came and asked Him,
Acts 4:1-2
As they were speaking to the [crowd of] people, the [Jewish] priests, the captain of the Temple [guard] and the Sadducees [i.e., a sect of the Jewish religion] approached them
Acts 5:17
But the head priest and the Jewish sect of the Sadducees became very jealous,
1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if it is preached that Christ was raised from the dead, how can some people among you say that people will not be raised from the dead?
Matthew 16:6
Jesus said to them, "Pay attention and watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that He was not telling them to watch out for the yeast in [physical] bread, but for the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Acts 23:6-8
When Paul realized that part [of the Sanhedrin] were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he lifted up his voice before the Council and said, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. And it is concerning our hope that the dead will be raised that I have been brought to trial."
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among these people are Hymenaeus and Philetus,