Luke 20:37 Meaning and Explanation
“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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What Does Luke 20:37 Mean?
Jesus now carries the argument onto the Sadducees' firmest ground: the books of Moses. At the burning bush, centuries after the patriarchs had died, God names himself 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' (Exodus 3:6) — a present claim, not a past memory.
The force of the argument is covenantal: God identifies himself by his bond with particular people. He does not say he was their God while they lasted; men long buried are still his, still carried in his very name. A God who binds himself to people does not let the grave dissolve the bond. Jesus finds resurrection not in a footnote but in the name of God himself — which means the whole of Scripture pulses with it.
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What does Luke 20:37 mean?
Even Moses showed that the dead are raised, when at the bush he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.