In this article I first examine the differences between Luke 20:34-40 and Mark’s version of the controversy between Jesus and the Sadducees over the resurrection. Assuming Markan priority, I will then rehearse the various solutions to this problem and evaluate the weight of the arguments employed. I will concentrate on a thesis that dominated patristic monastic thought and is being revived today by mostly feminist exegetes, namely that Luke is advocating celibacy. After rehearsing the considerable evidence for this hypothesis, I will argue that Luke’s teaching of the believer’s immortality in the intermediate state better explains all of the additions to the Markan text.

The Reason for the Unique Wording in Luke 20:27-40

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