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Mark 12:20 Cross-References
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“Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.”
Mark 12:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 12:20
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed (ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα). The Sadducees begin their hypothetical with seven brothers—the number of completion in Hebrew thought, chosen to maximize the scenario's complexity. The first brother married but died childless (ouk aphēken sperma, οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα, "left no seed")—the exact condition triggering levirate marriage obligation.This test case resembles the story in Tobit 3:8; 7:11 (deuterocanonical book, c. 200 BC) where Sarah's seven husbands die bef...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 12:20
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“and died childless.”
“and having no seed left his wife to his brother.”