Luke 20:30

30 Also the second^[a]

Luke 20:30 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:30

And the second took her to wife
As he was obliged by the above law, or pluck off the shoe: and he died childless:
as his eldest brother before him.

Luke 20:30 In-Context

28 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

30 Also the second

31 and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

32 Finally, the woman died too.

Footnotes

• [a]. Other mss add took her as wife, and he died without children