Matthew 22:27

27 Last of all, the woman herself died.

Matthew 22:27 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:27

And last of all the woman died also.]
A widow and childless, having never married another person but these seven brethren; and the case with them being alike, no one having any child by her, upon which any peculiar claim to her could be formed, the following question is put.

Matthew 22:27 In-Context

25 Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died childless, leaving the widow to his brother.
26 The second did the same, so also the third, down to the seventh.
27 Last of all, the woman herself died.
28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For all of them had married her."
29 Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
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