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The Sadducees and the Resurrection

Mark 12:27

In 9 translations

BSB
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
KJV
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
WEB
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
ASV
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
LSV
He is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; you then go greatly astray.”
YLT
he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'
DBY
He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. Ye therefore greatly err.Elohim
DRC
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.
GNV
God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὑμεῖς οὖν (“you yourselves therefore”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include θεὸς (“God”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: θεὸς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θεὸς; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read ὁ θεὸς.
  • SBLGNT: ἀλλὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀλλὰ; Robinson–Pierpont add θεὸς.
  • SBLGNT: πολὺ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πολὺ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων· πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
RP2018
Οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ θεὸς ζώντων· ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
TR-Boyd
Οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ Θεὸς ζώντων· ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
SCR1894
ουκ εστιν ο θεος νεκρων αλλα θεος ζωντων υμεις ουν πολυ πλανασθε

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 14:9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
  • Mark 12:24Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
  • Romans 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
  • Hebrews 11:13–16All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Now…
  • Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
  • Proverbs 19:27If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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