Luke 20:29

Luke 20:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
• New International Version (NIV)Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children.

Context of Luke 20:29

27Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 28saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children. 30And the second took her as wife, and he died childless. 31Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, and died.

Luke 20:29 word by word

ἑπτὰ οὖν ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος λαβὼν γυναῖκα ἀπέθανεν ἄτεκνος,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• There wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• a wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• and diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• without childrenἄτεκνοςateknos · childlessG815

Cross-references for Luke 20:29

• Leviticus 20:20If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
• Jeremiah 22:30Thus says the Lord: ‘Write this man down as childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days; For none of his descendants shall prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”

Commentaries on Luke 20:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29There were therefore seven brethren - See on Matthew 22:23-33; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-38Verses 20-38 See this explained in the Mark 12:13-27 notes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-38Verses 27-38 It is common for those who design to undermine any truth of God, to load it with difficulties. But we wrong ourselves, and wrong the truth of Christ, when we form our notions of the world of spirits by this world of sense. There are more worlds than one; a present visible world, and a future unseen world; and let every one compare this world and that world, and give the preference in his thoughts and cares to that which deserves them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-33Well, suppose there were seven brothers: A similar story of a woman married to seven husbands appears in the Old Testament Apocrypha (Tobit 3:7–17; 6:10–8:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3427-34. no resurrection--"nor angel nor spirit" (Ac 23:8); the materialists of the day.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 20:29

• Jesus, the Christ
• Resurrection
• Sadducees

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Commentaries on Luke 20

• 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