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Luke 20:37

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And about people being raised from the dead — even Moses showed us this truth at the burning bush when he called God 'the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When God calls himself the God of people who died, it's because they're still alive to him.

📜 Historical ContextWhy was this verse written?

The Gospel of Luke was traditionally written by Luke, a physician, for Theophilus and a broader Gentile Christian audience, likely between 60 and 8

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