Mark 12:25 (GNV)

Passage

For when they shall rise againe from the dead, neither men marry, nor wiues are married, but are as the Angels which are in heauen.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:23 In the resurrection then, when they shall rise againe, whose wife shall she be of them? for seuen had her to wife.

Mark 12:24 Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Are ye not therefore deceiued, because ye knowe not the Scriptures, neither the power of God?

Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise againe from the dead, neither men marry, nor wiues are married, but are as the Angels which are in heauen.

Mark 12:26 And as touching the dead, that they shall rise againe, haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, howe in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob?

Mark 12:27 God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "rise", "againe", "dead", "neither", "marry", "wiues", and "married". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "rise", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Then Iesus answered and saide vnto them..." into verse 26's "And as touching the dead that they...", so "shall" and "rise" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "rise" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.