Mark 12:19 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:19

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

KJV

Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Master, Moses wrote unto us,.... Has left in writing for us the following precept to observe; for they acknowledged the writings of Moses, and indeed all the Scriptures of the Old Testament; adhering to the literal sense of them, and rejecting the traditional interpretation of them by the Rabbins: if a man's brother die, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother; which is the sense of the law in Deu 25:5; See Gill on Mat 22:24.

The record, by era

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

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διδάσκαλε,	didaskale	Teacher,	G1320 →
Μωϋσῆς	Mōusēs	Moses	G3475 →
ἔγραψεν	egrapsen	wrote	G1125 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	for us	G3165 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐάν	ean	if	G1437 →
τινος	tinos	of anyone	G5100 →
ἀδελφὸς	adelphos	a brother	G80 →
ἀποθάνῃ	apothanē	shall die	G599 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καταλίπῃ	katalipē	he may leave behind	G2641 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	a wife	G1135 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀφῇ	aphēa	may leave	G863 →
τέκνον	teknon	child	G5043 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
λάβῃ	labē	shall take	G2983 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφὸς	adelphos	brother	G80 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	wife	G1135 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξαναστήσῃ	exanastēsē	may raise up	G1817 →
σπέρμα	sperma	seed	G4690 →
τῷ	tō	for the	G3588 →
ἀδελφῷ	adelphō	brother	G80 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

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
Genesis 38:8
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:5–10
  When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty…
- Matthew 22:23–27
  That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Ruth 4:5–11
  Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name…
- Ruth 1:11
  But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
- Leviticus 18:16
  You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
Through
Ruth 4:5
Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name…
leads to
- Genesis 38:8
  Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
- Deuteronomy 25:5–6
  When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty…
- Matthew 22:24
  “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.