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The Sadducees and the Resurrection

Luke 20:33

In 9 translations

BSB
So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
KJV
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
WEB
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
ASV
In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.
LSV
in the resurrection, then, of which of them does she become wife? For the seven had her as wife.”
YLT
in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? — for the seven had her as wife.'
DBY
In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?
DRC
In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? For all the seven had her to wife.
GNV
Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? for seuen had her to wife.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort include ἡ γυνὴ (“The woman”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place οὖν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of γίνεται: Tyndale House: γείνεται.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν τῇ οὖν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἡ γυνὴ οὖν ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή; οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.
RP2018
Ἐν τῇ οὖν ἀναστάσει, τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή; Οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.
TR-Boyd
Ἐν τῇ οὖν ἀναστάσει, τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή; Οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.
SCR1894
εν τη ουν αναστασει τινος αυτων γινεται γυνη οι γαρ επτα εσχον αυτην γυναικα

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  • Matthew 22:24–28“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died…
  • Mark 12:19–23“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married…

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