Luke 20:29

29 Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife [and] died childless,

Luke 20:29 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:29

There were therefore seven brethren
In the place where these Sadducees dwelt; or, however, that were known by them; at least they supposed such a case, and it might be fact: and the first took a wife, and died without children;
son or daughter, and so had none to keep up his name, and to possess his inheritance.

Luke 20:29 In-Context

27 Now some of the Sadducees--who deny {that there is a resurrection}--came up [and] asked him,

28 saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone's brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

29 Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife [and] died childless,

30 and the second,

31 and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb