Mark 12:20

20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.

Mark 12:20 in Other Translations

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

20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.

20 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children.

20 Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless.

20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

Mark 12:20 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:20

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 ( Genesis 3:15 ) ( 22:18 ) ; (See Gill on Matthew 22:25).

Mark 12:20 In-Context

18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.

21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.

22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.