Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
neither . . . die any more—Marriage is ordained to perpetuate the human family; but as there will be no breaches by death in the future state, this ordinance will cease.
equal—or "like."
unto the angels—that is, in the immortality of their nature.
children of God—not in respect of character but nature; "being the children of the resurrection" to an undecaying existence (Romans 8:21, Romans 8:23). And thus the children of their Father's immortality (I Timothy 6:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 20:36:
Mark 12:25
Romans 8:19-22
1 Corinthians 15:23
1 Corinthians 15:44
Colossians 1:18
Hebrews 1:5
Hebrews 12:22-23
1 Peter 1:3
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