Marcos 12:21

21 Entonces el segundo hermano se casó con la viuda, pero también murió sin dejar hijos. Luego el tercer hermano se casó con ella.

Marcos 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.

Marcos 12:21 In-Context

19 —Maestro, Moisés nos dio una ley que dice que, si un hombre muere y deja a una esposa sin hijos, su hermano debe casarse con la viuda y darle un hijo para que el nombre del hermano continúe.

20 Ahora bien, supongamos que había siete hermanos. El mayor se casó y murió sin dejar hijos.

21 Entonces el segundo hermano se casó con la viuda, pero también murió sin dejar hijos. Luego el tercer hermano se casó con ella.

22 Lo mismo sucedió con los siete y aún no había hijos. Por último, la mujer también murió.

23 Entonces dinos, ¿de quién será esposa en la resurrección? Pues los siete estuvieron casados con ella.