Mark 12:20

Mark 12:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
• New International Version (NIV)Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife; and dying, he left no offspring.

Context of Mark 12:20

18Also, some Sadducees came to Jesus. Sadducees do not believe that anyone becomes alive again after they die. They wanted to ask Jesus a question. 19‘Teacher,’ they said to him, ‘Moses wrote these things for us in the Bible: If a man dies without children, his brother must marry the man's wife. Then their children will be called the children of the brother who died. But once there were seven brothers. The oldest brother married a woman. But he died before they had any children. 21So the second brother married her. He also died without children. Then the third brother married this woman. 22And the same thing happened to all seven brothers. They all died but they had no children. After all this, the woman also died.

Mark 12:20 word by word

ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Now there wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• a wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• dyingἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• noοὐou · noG3756
• seedσπέρμαsperma · seed: offspringG4690

Cross-references for Mark 12:20

• Matthew 22:25Once, there were seven brothers who lived here. The oldest brother married a woman. Then he died before they had any children. So the second brother married the woman.
• Luke 20:29But once there were seven brothers. The oldest brother married a woman. Then he died before they had any children.

Commentaries on Mark 12:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 See this passage fully explained in the notes at Matthew 22:23-33. Mark 12:25 Are as the angels - That is, as the angels in respect to connections and relations. What those connections and relations may be we know not, but this passage teaches that the special relation of “marriage” will not exist. It does not affirm, however, that there will be no recollection of former marriages, or no recognition of each other as having existed in this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-27Verses 18-27 A right knowledge of the Scripture, as the fountain whence all revealed religion now flows, and the foundation on which it is built, is the best preservative against error. Christ put aside the objection of the Sadducees, who were the scoffing infidels of that day, by setting the doctrine of the future state in a true light. The relation between husband and wife, though appointed in the earthly paradise, will not be known in the heavenly one…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-27This is the third controversy story of the series begun in 11:27. As in most New Testament references to the Sadducees, the setting is the temple (Matthew 22:23–33; Luke 20:27–40; Acts 4:1–3; 5:12, 17; 22:30–23:10; the exceptions are Matthew 3:7; 16:1–12). The Sadducees’ question (Mark 12:19–23) was carefully crafted and based on a commandment of Moses (Deuteronomy 25:5–6; see Genesis 38:6–11; Ruth 4:1–22). Since all seven men could not have the woman as…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. Master, Moses wrote unto us--(De 25:5). If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him ... And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 12:20

• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage
• Resurrection
• Sadducees
• Satire

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Commentaries on Mark 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings