Mark 12:20
“Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the seventh had her, and left no seed,.... All, the seven brethren married her, one after another, and neither of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Mark 12:18-27
See this passage fully explained in the notes at Mat 22:23-33. Mar 12:25 Are as the angels - That is, as the angels in…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Mark 12:18-27
The Sadducees, who were the deists of that age, here attack our Lord Jesus, it should seem, not as the scribes, and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
there were seven brethren It was probably a fictitious case, for the Jews were averse to the fulfilling of the enactment…