Luke 20:28
26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- KJV
- Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- WEB
- They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
- ASV
- and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man`s brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- DARBY
- demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
- BLB
- saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [that] if anyone’s brother should die having a wife, and he should be childless, that his brother should take the wife and should raise up seed for his brother.
- ÅB
- Mester! Moses har foreskrevet oss at når en manns gifte bror dør og ikke har barn, da skal hans bror ta hans hustru til ekte og oppreise sin bror avkom.
- OTB
- «Mester,» sa de, «Moses ga oss denne instruksjonen: Hvis en manns bror dør og etterlater en kone men ingen barn, må mannen gifte seg med enken og oppreise avkom for sin bror.
- B1930
- Mester! Moses har foreskrevet oss at når en manns gifte bror dør og ikke har barn, da skal hans bror ta hans hustru til ekte og opreise sin bror avkom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 25:5–10
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
Read in contextGenesis 38:8
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Read in contextGenesis 38:11
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Read in contextGenesis 38:26
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Read in contextRuth 1:11–12
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
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