Bible Strands
Matthew 22:30
In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus answers a group of Sadducees who have presented a hypothetical scenario about marital obligations after death. He speaks this during a direct confrontation in Jerusalem, responding to their challenge regarding the resurrection.
The words — The Greek ἀναστάσει (anastasei) literally means "resurrection" and establishes the temporal framework of the statement. The verbs γαμοῦσιν (gamousin) and γαμίζονται (gamizontai) denote the active and passive forms of marrying, which Jesus explicitly negates with the paired οὔτε...οὔτε (neither...nor).
The thread — The same teaching appears in Luke 20:34 and Mark 12:24, where Jesus contrasts the marital practices of the present age with the conditions of the age to come. The resurrection theme connects to John 5:28, which announces the coming hour when all in the graves will hear His voice and rise.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that earthly social institutions do not transfer to the resurrected state. It demands a reorientation of human identity away from temporal family structures toward the reality of the age to come.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Cross-references
- Luke 20:34 Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
- Mark 12:24 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
- John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- 1 Corinthians 7:29 What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
- Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Revelation 19:10 So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
- Zechariah 3:7 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.