Luk 20:36 | NET2full | STEP | In fact , they can no longer die because they are equal to angels and are sons of God , since they are sons of the resurrection .

‏ Luke 20:36

36 In fact, they can no longer die because they are equal to angels ^{▼▼sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).} and are sons of God, since they are ^{▼▼tn Grk “sons of God, being.” The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle here.} sons ^{▼▼tn Or “people.” The noun υἱός (huios) followed by the genitive of class or kind (“sons of…”) denotes a person of a class or kind, specified by the following genitive construction. This Semitic idiom is frequent in the NT (L&N 9.4).} of the resurrection.