Luke 20:36 - Easy To Read Version In that life people are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from death. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they cannot die again, but they are angel-like and equal to angels. And being sons of and sharers in the resurrection, they are sons of God. American Standard Version (1901) for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Common English Bible They can no longer die, because they are like angels and are God’s children since they share in the resurrection. Catholic Public Domain Version For they can no longer die. For they are equal to the Angels, and they are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither can they die any more: for they are equal to the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. |
But death will be destroyed forever. {\cf2\super [238]} And the Lord my Master will wipe away every tear from every face. \{In the past,\} all of his people were sad. But God will take away that sadness from the earth. All of this will happen because the Lord said it would.
“I will save them from the grave!\par I will rescue them from death!\par Death, where are your diseases?\par Grave, where is your power?\par I am not looking for revenge!\par
The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “Live the way I tell you,\par and do all the things I say.\par And you will be in charge of my temple.\par You will take care of its courtyard.\par You will be free to go\par anywhere in my temple\par just like these angels standing here.\par
At the time when people rise from death, there will be no marriage. People will not be married to each other. All people will be like the angels in heaven.
When people rise from death, there will be no marriage. People will not be married to each other. All people will be like angels in heaven.
And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.
It is the same with the dead people who are raised to life. The body that is “planted” will ruin and decay. But that body is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.
We were made like that man of earth. So we will also be made like that man of heaven.
He will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body. Christ can do this by his power. With that power Christ is able to rule all things.
Blessed (happy) and holy {\cf2\super [154]} are those people who share in this first raising of the dead. The second death has no power over those people. Those people will be priests for God and for Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone.”
But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. {\cf2\super [170]} I am a servant like all the people who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”