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Mark 12:25

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Mark 12:25 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
Mark 12:25 — American Standard Version

Context — Mark 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
22and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.
23In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
26But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
28And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For when they shall rise from the dead, etc..] These seven brethren, and the woman; and so any, and every other: they neither marry, nor are given marriage: there will be no such natural relation subsisting, nor any need of any: but are as the angels which are in heaven; (see Gill on “<402230>Matthew 22:30”).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See this passage fully explained in the notes at Matthew 22:23-33. Mark 12:25 Are as the angels - That is, as the angels in respect to connections and relations. What those connections and relations may be we know not, but this passage teaches that the special relation of “marriage” will not exist. It does not affirm, however, that there will be no recollection of former marriages, or no recognition of each other as having existed in this tender relation. Mark 12:26 How in the bush - At the burning bush. See Exodus 3:16. The meaning is, “in that part of the book of Exodus which contains the account of the burning bush. When there were no chapters and verses, it was the easiest way of quoting…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“When they rise from the dead, neither men marry nor women are given in marriage. Mark 12:26”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“but: Mat 22:30; Luk 20:35, Luk 20:36; Co1 15:42-54; Heb 12:22, Heb 12:23; Jo1 3:2 Mark 12:26”
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