Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
not . . . of the dead, . . . for all, etc.—To God, no human being is dead, or ever will be; but all sustain an abiding conscious relation to Him. But the "all" here meant "those who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world." These sustain a gracious covenant relation to God, which cannot be dissolved. In this sense our Lord affirms that for Moses to call the Lord the "God" of His patriarchal servants if at that moment they had no existence, would be unworthy of Him. He "would be ashamed to be called their God, if He had not prepared for them a city" (Hebrews 11:16). How precious are these glimpses of the resurrection state!
even Moses—whom they had just quoted to entangle Him.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 20:38:
Mark 12:27
Hebrews 11:16
1 Peter 4:6
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