Luke 20:36
Context| NETBible | In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels 1 and are sons of God, since they are 2 sons 3 of the resurrection. |
| XREF | Isa 25:8; Ho 13:14; Zec 3:7; Mt 22:30; Mr 12:25; Ro 8:17-23; 1Co 15:26,42,53,54; 1Co 15:49,52; Php 3:21; 1Th 4:13-17; 1Jo 3:2; Re 5:6-14; Re 7:9-12; Re 20:6; Re 21:4; Re 22:2-5; Re 22:9 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23). 2 tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here. 3 tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (Juios) 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). |
