Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
| Word | Greek | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saying | λέγοντες· legontes | G3004 | properly · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine |
| Master | διδάσκαλε, didaskale | G1320 | an instructor (genitive case or specially) · noun — vocative singular masculine, a title |
| Moses | Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs | G3475 | Moseus · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name |
| said | εἶπεν· eipen | G2036 | to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular |
| If | ἐάν ean | G1437 | a conditional particle · conditional particle |
| man | τις tis | G5100 | some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — nominative singular masculine |
| die | ἀποθάνῃ apothanē | G599 | to die off (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular |
| having | ἔχων echōn | G2192 | to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine |
| no | μὴ mē | G3361 | (adverb) not · particle — negative |
| children | τέκνα, tekna | G5043 | a child (as produced) · noun — accusative plural neuter |
| his | αὐτοῦ autou | G846 | the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine |
| brother | ἀδελφὸς adelphos | G80 | a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (m… · noun — nominative singular masculine |
| marry | ἐπιγαμβρεύσει epigambreusei | G1918 | to form affinity with · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular |
| his | αὐτοῦ autou | G846 | the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine |
| wife | γυναῖκα gunaika | G1135 | a woman · noun — accusative singular feminine |
| and | καὶ kai | G2532 | and · conjunction |
| up | ἀναστήσει anastēsei | G450 | to stand up (literal or figurative · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular |
| seed | σπέρμα sperma | G4690 | something sown · noun — accusative singular neuter |
| unto | ἀδελφῷ adelphō | G80 | a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (m… · noun — dative singular masculine |
| his | αὐτοῦ. autou | G846 | the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine |
| brother | ἀδελφός adelphós | G80 | a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (m… |
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Saying, master,.... Rabbi, or doctor, as he was usually called; Moses said, in Deuteronomy 25:5 if a man die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother; which, though not expressed in the self same words, yet is the sense of the passage referred to, and was a practice in use before the times of Moses, as appears from the case of Er and Onan; the design of which was, to preserve families, and keep their inheritances distinct and entire. This law only took place, when a man died without children; for if he left any children, there was no need for his brother to marry his wife; yea, as a Jewish writer observes (x), she was forbidden, it was not la…
Read the whole note in the consoleMatthew 22:23-33 Matthew 22:23-33 Mark 12:18-27 Luke 20:27-40 23. The same day came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, and interrogated him, 24. Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, not having a child, [64] his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. 25. Now there were amongst us seven brothers, and the first, having married a wife, died, and, having no seed, left his wife to his brother. 26. In like manner, the second, and the third, till the seventh. 27. And last of all the woman died also. 28. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29. And Jesus answering said to them, You err,…
Read the whole note in the consoleThe resurrection was an important issue of Jesus’ day, but the question was raised only to trap Jesus. 22:23 The Sadducees (see 3:7) described a situation involving levirate marriage (see Gen 38:6-11; Deut 25:5-6), which they considered proof that resurrection from the dead is not possible.
As they disbelieved the resurrection of the body, and supposed that the soul perished with the body, they accordingly invent a fable to display the fondness of the belief of a resurrection. Thus they put forward a base fiction to overthrow the verity of the resurrection.
(non occ.) For because death to the Jews, who did all things for the present life, seemed an unmixed evil, Moses ordered that the wife of one who died without sons should be given to his brother, that a son might be born to the dead man by his brother, and his name should not perish, which was some alleviation of death. And none other but a brother or relation was commanded to take the wife of the dead; otherwise the child born would not have been considered the son of the dead; and also because a stranger could have no concern in establishing the house of him that was dead, as a brother whose kindred obliged him thereto.
(Vers. 24 seqq.) And they asked him, saying: Master, Moses said: If any man die, having a wife, and he have no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed to his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died; and, not having issue, left his wife to his brother. In like manner the second and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Those who did not believe in the resurrection of the body and thought that the soul perished with the body rightly invent such a fable, which demonstrates their madness in asserting the resurrection of the dead. However, it is possible that this might actually happen in their nation at some point.
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