Luke 20:29 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 20:29

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

KJV

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

There were therefore seven brethren,.... In the place where these Sadducees dwelt; or, however, that were known by them; at least they supposed such a case, and it might be fact: and the first took a wife, and died without children; son or daughter, and so had none to keep up his name, and to possess his inheritance.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We see in these verses — what an old thing unbelief is. We are told that "Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question." Even in the Jewish Church, the Church of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the Church of Moses, and Samuel, and David, and the prophets — we find that there were bold, avowed, unblushing skeptics . If infidelity like this existed among God's people, the Jews — then what must have been the state of heathenism?

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἑπτὰ	hepta	Seven	G2033 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἀδελφοὶ	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
ἦσαν·	ēsan	there were;	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πρῶτος	prōtos	first	G4413 →
λαβὼν	labōn	having taken	G2983 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	a wife	G1135 →
ἀπέθανεν	apethanen	died	G599 →
ἄτεκνος,	ateknos	childless,	G815 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or…
leads to
- Jeremiah 36:30
  Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by…
- Psalms 94:20
  Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- Matthew 1:11–16
  and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- 1 Chronicles 3:16–17
  The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
- Luke 1:32–33
  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Through
Leviticus 20:20
If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
leads to
- Leviticus 18:14
  You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
- Psalms 109:13
  May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- Luke 23:29
  Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through Luke 20

1 Enoch: The Book Jude Quotes

Open the study →

Walks through Luke 20

The Resurrection and the Sadducees

Open the study →

Walks through Luke 20

The Right Hand

Open the study →

Walks through Luke 20

The Sects of Second Temple Judaism

Open the study →

About Luke

The Return of the Prodigal Son — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

Luke: the study guide →Read chapter 20 →The featured study →

Continue: Luke 20 →

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke