Time after Pentecost · Proper 27 · Year C
Luke 20:27-40
Children of the Resurrection
November 12, 2028
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"Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive." (Luke 20:38)
The Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, pose a trick question to Jesus about a widow married successively to seven brothers. Jesus answers that resurrected life is not a continuation of earthly marriage, and that God's covenant with the patriarchs proves the dead are alive to God.
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Luke 20 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks verse by verse through the Sadducees' question and Jesus' answer.
Luke 20 Commentary Precept Austin
Gathers verse-by-verse notes and outside sermons on the whole chapter.
Luke 20:27 Commentaries BibleHub
Stacks multiple classic commentators on the Sadducees' opening question.
Commentary on Luke 20:27-38 Working Preacher
The site's single Lutheran voice, noting the Sadducees are defined by what they deny.
Luke 20:27-38 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching-focused reading of the same lectionary Gospel.
Luke 20:27 Interlinear BibleHub
Lets you check the underlying Greek of the Sadducees' question.
Children of the God of the Living, Proper 27 (C) Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church
An Episcopal preaching reflection on what the resurrection means for how we live now.
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