The Meaning of Mark 12:23 Explained

Mark 12:23

KJV: In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

YLT: in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'

Darby: In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife, for the seven had her as wife?

ASV: In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

Discover Mark 12:23

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Mark 12:23?

MEANING: What does Mark 12:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Mark 12:23 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Mark 12:23?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In  the resurrection  therefore,  when  they shall rise,  whose  wife  shall she be  of them?  for  the seven  had  her  to wife. 

What does Mark 12:23 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 12:1-27 - Jesus Silences His Enemies
Our Lord reviews the history of the theocracy. He recounts the long roll of God's servants who had been persecuted and misused from the first to the last, including Himself. In doing so, He openly implied that He was the Son of God and made the Pharisees realize how clearly He foresaw the fate which they were preparing for Him. They were accustomed to apply Psalms 118:22 to the Messiah, and recognized at once what Jesus meant, when He claimed it as an emblem of His own rejection.
How admirably our Lord defined the relations of His Kingdom to the civil power! If we accept Caesar's protection and ordered government we are bound to maintain it by money payment and such other service as conscience permits. This indeed is part of our duty to God; and with equal care we must give Him the dues of the spiritual world.
Jesus silenced the Sadducees by a quotation from the Pentateuch, whose authority they admitted. God could not be the God of persons not in existence. Therefore since He used the present tense of His relationship with the patriarchs in speaking to Moses three hundred years after their death, they must have been still in existence. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 12

1  Jesus tells the parable of the tenants
13  He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18  convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;
28  resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
35  refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ;
38  bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
41  and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all

Greek Commentary for Mark 12:23

To wife [γυναικα]
Predicate accusative in apposition with “her” So Luke, but Matthew merely has “had her” (εσχον αυτην — eschon autēn), constative aorist indicative active. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 12:23 mean?

In the resurrection when they rise of which of them will she be wife - For the seven had her as wife
ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει ὅταν ἀναστῶσιν τίνος αὐτῶν ἔσται γυνή οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα

ἀναστάσει  resurrection 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: ἀνάστασις  
Sense: a raising up, rising (e.
ἀναστῶσιν  they  rise 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀναπηδάω 
Sense: to cause to rise up, raise up.
τίνος  of  which 
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: τίς  
Sense: who, which, what.
αὐτῶν  of  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἔσται  will  she  be 
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
γυνή  wife 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular
Root: γυνή  
Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow.
οἱ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἑπτὰ  the  seven 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἑπτά  
Sense: seven.
αὐτὴν  her 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
γυναῖκα  as  wife 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: γυνή  
Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow.

What are the major concepts related to Mark 12:23?

Loading Information...