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OET (OET-RV) So God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You Sadducees are very wrong!”
OET-LV Not is god of_the_dead, but of_the_living.
You_all_are_being_ much _strayed.
SR-GNT Οὐκ ἔστιν ˚Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων. Πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.” ‡
(Ouk estin ˚Theos nekrōn, alla zōntōn. Polu planasthe.”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT He is not a God of the dead, but of the living. You are being quite deceived.”
UST Now it is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. So when you say that dead people do not become alive again, you are very wrong.”
BSB He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
BLB He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You err greatly."
AICNT He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; [[therefore]][fn] you are greatly mistaken.”
12:27, therefore: Some manuscripts include.
OEB He is not God of dead people, but of living. You are greatly mistaken.’
WEB He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
NET No NET MARK book available
LSV He is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; you then go greatly astray.”
FBV He's not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are completely mistaken!”
TCNT He is not the God of the dead, but [fn]the God of the living. You have [fn]therefore made a serious error.”
T4T It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive! So your claim that dead people do not become alive again is very wrong.”
LEB He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!”
¶
BBE He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.
MOF No MOF MARK book available
ASV He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
DRA He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.
YLT he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'
DBY He is not the [fn]God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. Ye therefore greatly err.
12.27 Elohim
RV He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
WBS He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
KJB He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
( He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye/you_all therefore do greatly err. )
BB He is not the God of the dead, but God of the lyuyng. Ye therefore do greatly erre.
(He is not the God of the dead, but God of the living. Ye/You_all therefore do greatly erre.)
GNV God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.
(God is not ye/you_all God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye/You_all are therefore greatly deceived. )
CB Yet is not God a God of the deed, but of the lyuynge. Therfore ye erre greatly.
(Yet is not God a God of the dead, but of the living. Therfore ye/you_all erre greatly.)
TNT He is not the God of the deed but the God of the livynge. Ye are therfore greatly deceaved.
(He is not the God of the dead but the God of the living. Ye/You_all are therefore greatly deceived. )
WYC He is not God of deed men, but of lyuynge men; therfor ye erren myche.
(He is not God of dead men, but of living men; therefore ye/you_all erren much.)
LUT GOtt aber ist nicht der Toten, sondern der Lebendigen GOtt. Darum irret ihr sehr.
(God but is not the Toten, rather the Lebendigen God. Therefore irret her sehr.)
CLV Non est Deus mortuorum, sed vivorum. Vos ergo multum erratis.
(Non it_is God mortuorum, but vivorum. Vos ergo multum erratis. )
UGNT οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων. πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
(ouk estin Theos nekrōn, alla zōntōn. polu planasthe.)
SBL-GNT οὐκ ἔστιν ⸀θεὸς νεκρῶν ⸀ἀλλὰ ζώντων· ⸀πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
(ouk estin ⸀theos nekrōn ⸀alla zōntōn; ⸀polu planasthe. )
TC-GNT Οὐκ ἔστιν [fn]ὁ Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ [fn]Θεὸς ζώντων· [fn]ὑμεῖς οὖν πολὺ πλανᾶσθε.
(Ouk estin ho Theos nekrōn, alla Theos zōntōn; humeis oun polu planasthe.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
12:18-27 This is the third controversy story of the series begun in 11:27. As in most New Testament references to the Sadducees, the setting is the Temple (Matt 22:23-33 // Luke 20:27-40; Acts 4:1-3; 5:12, 17; 22:30–23:10; the exceptions are Matt 3:7; 16:1-12).
• The Sadducees’ question (Mark 12:19-23) was carefully crafted and based on a commandment of Moses (Deut 25:5-6; see Gen 38:6-11; Ruth 4:1-22). Since all seven men could not have the woman as wife in the resurrection, and since none of them had a special claim, the Sadducees thought that they had proven the absurdity of the doctrine of the resurrection and refuted the Pharisees and Jesus (cp. Matt 12:41-42; Luke 16:19-31; see also Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων
not is God ˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living
Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “God is not a God of the dead, but he is a God of the living”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων
not is God ˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living
Here Jesus implies that, although Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had already died by the time God spoke these words, God still called himself their God. Since God is not a God of the dead, but of the living, this means that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must be alive again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “God is not of the dead, but of the living, so Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must live again after they died”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
οὐκ & Θεὸς νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων
not & God ˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living
If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two phrases here. Alternate translation: “a God of the living, not of the dead”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων
˱of˲_/the/_dead but ˱of˲_/the/_living
Here, Jesus is using the possessive form to describe the God whom the living, not the dead, worship. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “honored by the dead, but by the living”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
νεκρῶν & ζώντων
˱of˲_/the/_dead & ˱of˲_/the/_living
Jesus is using the adjectives dead and living as nouns to mean people who are dead and living. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “of dead people … of living people”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
πολὺ πλανᾶσθε
much ˱you_all˲_/are_being/_strayed
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 does the action, it is clear from the context that it is they themselves. Alternate translation: “You are misunderstanding much” or “You are deceiving yourselves much”
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
πολὺ πλανᾶσθε
much ˱you_all˲_/are_being/_strayed
Because Jesus is speaking to the Sadducees, the word You here is plural.