Lukas 20:38

20:38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, ¹  for all live before him.” ² 

Lukas 21:10

Persecution of Disciples

21:10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms ³  against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

[20:38]  ¹ sn He is not God of the dead but of the living. Jesus’ point was that if God could identify himself as God of the three old patriarchs, then they must still be alive when God spoke to Moses; and so they must be raised.

[20:38]  ² tn On this syntax, see BDF §192. The point is that all live “to” God or “before” God.

[21:10]  ³ tn For the translation “rise up in arms” see L&N 55.2.