MARK 12:25 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. ὅταν
2. hotan
3. whenever
4. -
5. 37520
6. C·······
7. whenever
8. whenever
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32956
1. Γάρ
2. gar
3. For/Because
4. -
5. 10630
6. C·······
7. for
8. for
9. S
10. Y33
11. 32957
1. ἐκ
2. ek
3. from
4. -
5. 15370
6. P·······
7. from
8. from
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32958
1. νεκρῶν
2. nekros
3. +the dead
4. dead
5. 34980
6. S····GMP
7. ˓the˒ dead
8. ˓the˒ dead
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32959
1. ἀναστῶσιν
2. anistanō
3. they may rise up
4. -
5. 4500
6. VSAA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓may˒ rise_up
8. ˱they˲ ˓may˒ rise_up
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32960
1. ἀναστήσουσιν
2. anistēmi
3. -
4. -
5. 4500
6. VIFA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓will_be˒ rising_up
8. ˱they˲ ˓will_be˒ rising_up
9. -
10. -
11. 32961
1. οὒ
2. ou
3. -
4. -
5. 37560
6. C·······
7. neither
8. neither
9. -
10. -
11. 32962
1. οὔτε
2. oute
3. neither
4. -
5. 37770
6. C·······
7. neither
8. neither
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32963
1. γαμοῦσιν
2. gameō
3. they are marrying
4. -
5. 10600
6. VIPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ marrying
8. ˱they˲ ˓are˒ marrying
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32964
1. οὐδέ
2. oude
3. -
4. -
5. 37610
6. C·······
7. nor
8. nor
9. -
10. -
11. 32965
1. οὔτε
2. oute
3. nor
4. -
5. 37770
6. C·······
7. nor
8. nor
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32966
1. ἐκγαμίσκονται
2. ekgamiskō
3. -
4. -
5. 15470
6. VIPP3··P
7. ˓are_being˒ betrothed
8. ˓are_being˒ betrothed
9. -
10. -
11. 32967
1. γαμίζονται
2. gamizō
3. are being betrothed
4. -
5. 10610
6. VIPP3··P
7. ˓are_being˒ betrothed
8. ˓are_being˒ betrothed
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32968
1. γαμίζουσιν
2. gamizō
3. -
4. -
5. 10610
6. VIPA3··P
7. ˓are˒ betrothing
8. ˓are˒ betrothing
9. -
10. -
11. 32969
1. ἀλλʼ
2. alla
3. but
4. -
5. 2350
6. C·······
7. but
8. but
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32970
1. εἰσίν
2. eimi
3. they are
4. -
5. 15100
6. VIPA3··P
7. ˱they˲ are
8. ˱they˲ are
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32971
1. ὡς
2. hōs
3. like
4. -
5. 56130
6. C·······
7. like
8. like
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32972
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. -
11. 32973
1. ἄγγελοι
2. aŋgelos
3. messengers
4. messengers
5. 320
6. N····NMP
7. messengers
8. angels
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32974
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. -
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····NMP
7. ¬the
8. ¬the
9. -
10. -
11. 32975
1. ἐν
2. en
3. in
4. -
5. 17220
6. P·······
7. in
8. in
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32976
1. τοῖς
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····DMP
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32977
1. οὐρανοῖς
2. ouranos
3. heavens
4. heaven
5. 37720
6. N····DMP
7. heavens
8. heavens
9. -
10. Y33
11. 32978

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:18–27: Other leaders asked Jesus about people living again after they die

The Jewish leaders continued to challenge Jesus. In this section some Sadducees asked Jesus a question to try to show that the things he taught were wrong. Like the Pharisees, the Sadducees were a group of Jewish leaders with certain religious beliefs. Many of the Sadducees were priests. They did not believe that God would cause anyone who had died to live again.

Jesus believed and taught that God does cause people who have died to live again. The Sadducees tried to use this belief to trick Jesus in 12:18–27. They told a story to ridicule these beliefs that Jesus taught. The story was not true, but they used it to ask a question. They thought that if a person believed that people who died could live again, there was no sensible answer to the question.

The Sadducees based their story on the Jewish custom that is described in Deuteronomy 25:5–6. This Scripture teaches that if a woman did not have any children by her husband before he died, his brother was required to marry her. Their first child would have the name of his dead brother and would be his heir.This custom was called the levirate. Jewish people considered the first son that the widow bore after marrying the brother of her dead husband to be the son of her dead husband, not the son of the man who was now her husband. This meant that this son and his descendants would carry on the dead man’s family and family name through future generations. Any sons born after this to the woman and her living husband would carry on the name of the living husband for future generations. In that way, the dead man’s family and family name could continue through future generations. Since the Scripture taught this custom, the Sadducees believed that they could prove from Scripture that Jesus was wrong.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The question about the resurrection

The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection (ESV)

Do people rise from the dead?

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 22:23–33 and Luke 20:27–40.

Paragraph 12:24–27

In this paragraph Jesus answered the Sadducees’ question. There are two parts to Jesus’ answer. He explained that:

When people live again after they have died, they will be like the angels, who do not marry. (12:25)
In one of the books of Moses, God indicated that the great ancestors of the Jewish people were still alive with him. This showed that he does cause people to live again after they die. (12:26–27)

Then Jesus told the Sadducees that they were wrong not to believe that dead people can live again (12:27).

12:25a

When the dead rise,

When people who have died live again,
At the time when God will give life to dead people,

When the dead rise: The phrase When the dead rise refers to the time when God will cause people who have died to live again.

the dead: The phrase the dead refers to dead people in general, whether they were good or bad.

12:25b

they will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

neither men nor women will marry.
people will not be/get married,

they will neither marry nor be given in marriage: Jesus’ statement here indicates that people whom God causes to live again will not marry one another. No one in that future life will get married. The statement has two parts:

they will neither marry, which means that men will not seek wives or marry them,
nor be given in marriage, which means that women will not be given to men to marry.

These two parts have almost the same meaning. In some languages it may be good to state the meaning only once. For example:

they…will not marry (GNT)

they don’t marry (GW)

be given in marriage: This phrase refers to a custom that was common in Jewish culture. A father arranged a marriage for his daughter. If a man had other female relatives who were dependent on him, he could also arrange marriages for them.

In cultures where this custom is well known, there may be a special way to speak about it. Consider whether you can use this way in your translation.

The phrase be given in marriage is passive. In some languages it may be necessary to make it active. For example:

no one will give his daughter to anyone to marry.

women will not marry.

12:25c

Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

Instead, they will live like the angels who are in heaven.
just as the angels who live in heaven do not marry.

Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven: A literal translation of the Greek here is: “but they are like angels in the heavens.” The Greek word that the BSB translates as Instead is often translated as “but,” as in the RSV. It connects this part of the verse with 12:25b. This connection implies that the angels do not marry. They are not like people on earth who do marry.The context in the parallel passage in Luke 20:35–36 seems to imply a broader meaning: the people who live again will be like the angels because neither they nor the angels will die or marry. Express the connection in a natural way in your language. See the General Comment on 12:25b–c for examples.

angels in heaven: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as angels in heaven means “messengers from heaven” or “messengers who live in heaven.” The word angels refers here to spirit beings who serve God. The word heaven refers to the place where God lives. See heaven, Meaning 2, in the Glossary.

Sometimes God sends an angel to tell a message to human beings. He also sends angels to serve him in other ways. Some ways to translate this term are:

Use a descriptive word or phrase. For example:
messengers from heaven/God
good/holy spirit-beings who are in heaven
Use a local term that fits the biblical meaning.
Use a loan word from a major language. If the meaning of the word is not well-known, you may want to indicate the meaning in some way. For example:
angelos messengers in heaven
sacred angelos spirits from God

See how you translated this word in 1:13c. See also angel, Meaning 1, in the Glossary.

If you use a descriptive phrase such as “messengers from God,” make sure that it contrasts with terms that are similar in meaning, like “prophet” or “apostle.” A “prophet” is also God’s messenger, and “apostle” literally means “one who is sent.” Each one of these words should have a unique term in your language.

General Comment on 12:25b–c

Verse 25 tells about people who live again after they die. 12:25b says that these people do not marry. 12:25c says that they are like the angels. This implies that the angels do not marry.

Here are some ways to translate this connection:

When the dead come back to life, they don’t marry. Rather, they are like the angels in heaven. (GW)

When dead people live again, they will be like the angels in heaven, who do not marry.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅταν Γάρ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῶσιν οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται ἀλλʼ εἰσίν ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς)

Here, the word For introduces an explanation related to how the Sadducees have been “led astray” (see [12:24](../12/24.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [In fact,] or [What you should know is that]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἀναστῶσιν, οὔτε γαμοῦσιν & εἰσὶν

˱they˲_˓may˒_rise_up neither ˱they˲_˓are˒_marrying & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅταν Γάρ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῶσιν οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται ἀλλʼ εἰσίν ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς)

Both uses of the pronoun they refer to men and women in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify this in your translation. Alternate translation: [when men and women rise … they neither marry … they are]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἀναστῶσιν

˱they˲_˓may˒_rise_up

Here, the word rise refers to someone who died coming back to life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable idiom or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they are restored to life]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἐκ νεκρῶν

from ˓the˒_dead

Jesus is using the adjective dead as a noun in order to refer to all people who are dead. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: [from among the dead people] or [from the corpses]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται

neither ˱they˲_˓are˒_marrying nor ˓are_being˒_betrothed

In Jesus’ culture, it was customary to talk about men marrying and women being given in marriage. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [men do not marry and women are not given in marriage] or [men and women do not get married]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

γαμίζονται

˓are_being˒_betrothed

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, Jesus implies that it is the people’s parents. Alternate translation: [do their parents give them in marriage]

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

ἀλλ’

but

What follows the word but here is in contrast to what is currently the case on earth. Jesus is using this contrast to show the Sadducees that they were mistaken to think that the existence of men and women in heaven would follow the same pattern or order of things as had their former lives on earth. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: [but rather]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ἀλλ’ εἰσὶν ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς

but (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὅταν Γάρ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῶσιν οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται ἀλλʼ εἰσίν ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς)

Jesus is saying that when people rise from the dead, they are like angels because neither of them marry. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [they are like angels in the heavens, since they too do not marry]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear MARK 12:25