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Mark 12:27-29
New English Translation
Mark 12:27-29
New English Translation
27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living.[a] You are badly mistaken!”
The Greatest Commandment
28 Now[b] one of the experts in the law[c] came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus[d] answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is: ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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- Mark 12:27 sn He is not God of the dead but of the living. Jesus’ point was that if God could identify himself as God of the three old patriarchs, then they must still be alive when God spoke to Moses; and so they must be raised.
- Mark 12:28 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
- Mark 12:28 tn Or “One of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
- Mark 12:28 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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