Mark 12:18

Complete Jewish Bible

Then some Tz'dukim came to him. They are the ones who say there is no such thing as resurrection, so they put to him a sh'eilah:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him:

King James Version (1611)
Then come vnto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection, and they asked him, saying,

King James Version
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

English Standard Version
And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

New Century Version
Then some Sadducees came to Jesus and asked him a question. (Sadducees believed that people would not rise from the dead.)

Amplified Bible
Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him, and began questioning Him, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:

Contemporary English Version
The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said:

Darby Translation
And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no one will rise from death.) They asked him a question:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) & they asked him, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
Then the Sadducees came to him, those who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Good News Translation
Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,

Lexham English Bible
And Sadducees—who say there is no resurrection—came up to him and began to ask him, saying,

Literal Translation
And Sadducees came to Him, who say there is no resurrection. And they questioned Him, saying,

American Standard Version
And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

Hebrew Names Version
There came to him Tzedukim, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

International Standard Version
Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesushim">[fn] and asked him,Matthew 22:23; Luke 20:27; Acts 23:8;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
AND the Zadukoyee came to him, those who say that (there is) no resurrection; and they questioned him, saying,

Murdock Translation
Then came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, and said:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There came also vnto hym, the Saducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and they asked hym, saying:

English Revised Version
And there come unto him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

World English Bible
There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then come to him the Saducees, who say there is no resurrection, and they asked him,

Weymouth's New Testament
Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei wondriden of hym. And Saduces, that seien that ther is no ressurreccioun, camen to hym, and axeden hym,

Update Bible Version
And there come to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then come to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

New English Translation
Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

New King James Version
Matthew 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40">[xr] Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying:

New Living Translation
Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:

New Life Bible
Some people from the religious group who believe no one will be raised from the dead came to Jesus. They asked Him,

New Revised Standard
Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there come Sadducees unto him, - who, indeed say - Resurrection, there is none! and they were questioning him, saying -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then came the Saduces vnto him which saye ther is no resurreccion. And they axed hym sayinge:

Young's Literal Translation
And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came vnto him the Saduces (which holde that there is no resurreccion) these axed him, and sayde:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then the Saducees, who deny the resurrection, came and asked him,

THE MESSAGE
Some Sadducees, the party that denies any possibility of resurrection, came up and asked, "Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to marry the widow and have children. Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless. The second married her. He died, and still no child. The same with the third. All seven took their turn, but no child. Finally the wife died. When they are raised at the resurrection, whose wife is she? All seven were her husband."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Some Sadducees (religious politicians who didn't believe in life after death—meaning they tried to get as much out of this life as they could) took their turn trying to trap Jesus.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then some Tz'dukim came to him. They are the ones who say there is no such thing as resurrection, so they put to him a sh'eilah: ¹⁹ "Rabbi, Moshe wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and have children to preserve the man's family line . ²⁰ There were seven brothers. The first one took a wife, and when he died, he left no children. ²¹ Then the second one took her and died without leaving children, and the third likewise, ²² and none of the seven left children. Last of all, the woman also died. ²³ In the Resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife." ²⁴ Yeshua said to them, "Isn't this the reason that you go astray? because you are ignorant both of the Tanakh and of the power of God? ²⁵ For when people rise from the dead, neither men nor women marry — they are like angels in heaven. ²⁶ And as for the dead being raised, haven't you read in the book of Moshe, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, ‘ I am the God of Avraham, the God of Yitz'chak and the God of Ya‘akov '? ²⁷ He is God not of the dead, but of the living! You are going far astray!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: Matthew 22:23-33, Luke 20:27-40

say: Acts 4:1, Acts 4:2, Acts 23:6-9, 1 Corinthians 15:13-18, 2 Timothy 2:18

Reciprocal: Proverbs 24:26 - shall Matthew 3:7 - the Pharisees Matthew 16:1 - Sadducees Acts 23:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."

Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 12:9
Then Avram traveled on, continuing toward the Negev.

Genesis 12:10
But there was a famine in the land, so Avram went down into Egypt to stay there, because the famine in the land was severe.

Genesis 12:11
When he came close to Egypt and was about to enter, he said to Sarai his wife, "Here now, I know that you are a good-looking woman;

Genesis 31:26
Lavan said to Ya‘akov, "What do you mean by deceiving me and carrying off my daughters as if they were captives taken in war?

Genesis 44:15
(S: Maftir) Yosef said to them, "How could you do such a thing? Don't you know that a man such as myself can learn the truth by divination?"

Exodus 32:21
Moshe said to Aharon, "What did these people do to you to make you lead them into such a terrible sin?"

Joshua 7:19
Y'hoshua said to ‘Akhan, "My son, swear to Adonai , the God of Isra'el, that you will tell the truth and confess to him. Tell me, now, what did you do? Don't hide anything from me."

1 Samuel 14:43
Then Sha'ul said to Y'honatan, "Tell me what you did." Y'honatan told him, "Yes, I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff in my hand. Here I am; I'm ready to die."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came unto him the Sadducees,.... The same day, immediately after he had silenced the Pharisees and Herodians: these were a set of men distinct from the former, in some of their sentiments, especially in their religions ones, and particularly in the following:

which say there is no resurrection: of the dead, in a literal sense, either general or particular; :-;

and they asked him, saying; as in the next verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage fully explained in the notes at Matthew 22:23-33.

Mark 12:25

Are as the angels - That is, as the angels in respect to connections and relations. What those connections and relations may be we know not, but this passage teaches that the special relation of “marriage” will not exist. It does not affirm, however, that there will be no recollection of former marriages, or no recognition of each other as having existed in this tender relation.

Mark 12:26

How in the bush - At the burning bush. See Exodus 3:16. The meaning is, “in that part of the book of Exodus which contains the account of the burning bush. When there were no chapters and verses, it was the easiest way of quoting a book of the Old Testament “by the subject,” and in this way it was often done by the Jews.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. See this question, concerning the resurrection, explained in detail on Matthew 22:23-32.