Mark 12:20 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:20

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

KJV

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Now there were seven brethren,.... In a certain family, at a certain place; perhaps at Jerusalem, who were brethren by the father's side; for such only were reckoned so, and such only did this law oblige: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed: no child: hence it is clear that the ancient Jews used the word seed, of a single person, as these Sadducees did; though modern ones deny such an use of it in our present controversies with them about the sense of Gen 3:15; See Gill on Mat 22:25.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses relate a conversation between our Lord Jesus Christ and the Sadducees. The religion of these men, we know, was little better than infidelity. They said there was "no resurrection." They too, like the Pharisees, thought to entangle and perplex our Lord with hard questions. The Church of Christ must not expect to fare better than its Master. Formalism on one side and infidelity on another, are two enemies for whose attacks we must always be prepared. We learn from this passage, how much unfairness may often be detected in the arguments of infidels .

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἑπτὰ	hepta	Seven	G2033 →
ἀδελφοὶ	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
ἦσαν·	ēsan	there were;	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πρῶτος	prōtos	first	G4413 →
ἔλαβεν	elaben	took	G2983 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	a wife	G1135 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀποθνῄσκων	apothnēskōn	dying	G599 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἀφῆκεν	aphēken	he left	G863 →
σπέρμα.	sperma	seed.	G4690 →