Mǎkĕfúyīn 12:21

21 Dì èr ge qǔ le tā , yĕ sǐ le , méiyǒu liú xià háizi . dì sān ge yĕ shì zhèyàng .

Mǎkĕfúyīn 12:21 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:21

The second took her
To wife, married her, as the next eldest brother, by the above law was obliged to: and so the Jewish

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 canon upon it runs thus;

``the command is, (lwdgb) , "for the eldest" to marry his brother's wife: if he will not, they go to all the brethren; if they will not, they return to the eldest, and say, the command is upon thee, either pluck off the shoe, or marry.''

Maimonides ^F13 relates it in this manner;

``if a man dies, and leaves many brethren, the command is upon the eldest to marry, or pull off the shoe; as it is said, ( Deuteronomy 25:6 ) , "and it shall be the firstborn which she beareth". From tradition, it is learned that it does not speak but of the firstborn among the brethren; and it is all one as if it was said, the eldest of the brethren shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead; and this is what is said, "which she beareth": the sense is, which the mother has borne, and not which the brother's wife beareth; if the eldest will not marry her, they go round to all the brethren; and if they will not, they return to the eldest, and say, upon thee is the command, either pluck off the shoe, or marry; and they do not compel him to marry, but they compel him to pluck off the shoe;''

i.e. in case he will not marry.

And died, neither left he any, seed, and the third likewise;
married her, and died without issue, as the second did. The Persic version adds, "and the fourth, and fifth"; for so they all did to the seventh.

F12 Misn. Yebamot, c. 4. sect. 5. & T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 39. 1.
F13 Hilch. Yebum Uchalitza, c. 2, sect. 6, 7. Vid. Jarchium in Deut. xxv. 6.

Mǎkĕfúyīn 12:21 In-Context

19 Fūzǐ , Móxī wèi wǒmen xiĕ zhe shuō , rén ruò sǐ le , piē xià qīzi , méiyǒu háizi , tā xiōngdi dāng qǔ tāde qī , wèi gēge shēng zǐ lì hòu .

20 Yǒu dìxiōng qī rén , dì yī ge qǔ le qī , sǐ le , méiyǒu liú xià háizi .

21 Dì èr ge qǔ le tā , yĕ sǐ le , méiyǒu liú xià háizi . dì sān ge yĕ shì zhèyàng .

22 Nà qī gèrén dōu méiyǒu liú xià háizi . mòliǎo , nà fùrén yĕ sǐ le .

23 Dāng fùhuó de shíhou , tā shì nà yī ge de qīzi ne . yīnwei tāmen qī gèrén dōu qǔ guo tā .