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Luke 20:31

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Luke 20:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.
Luke 20:31 — American Standard Version

Context — Luke 20

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28and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man`s brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;
30and the second:
31and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.
32Afterward the woman also died.
33In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.
34And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the third took her, etc.] To wife, by virtue of the same law: and in like manner the seven also; the other four, one after another, when all seven married her: and they left no children, and died; or they died, leaving no children behind them.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“See this explained in the Matthew 22:15-33 notes, and Mark 12:13-27 notes. return to 'Top of Page'”
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