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Luke 20:36

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20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels82 and are sons of God, since they are83 sons84 of the resurrection.

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  1. 82 Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition ( 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 51:10; 3.21–23).
  2. 83 Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.
  3. 84 Or “people.” The noun υἱός (huios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of …”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For they can no longer die, because they are like angels and are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.

NLTNew Living Translation

And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, because they are sons of the resurrection.

KJV 1900King James Version

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.