Mark 12:19

19 Master, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother shall die, and leave [his] wife, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise seed to his brother.

Mark 12:19 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:19

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 ( Deuteronomy 25:5 ) ; (See Gill on Matthew 22:24).

Mark 12:19 In-Context

17 And Jesus answering, said to them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they wondered at him.

18 Then come to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother shall die, and leave [his] wife, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise seed to his brother.

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

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.