Luke 20:29
Now there were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
In Context
30And the second tooke the wife, and he dyed childelesse.
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:30Thus saith the Lord, Write this man destitute of children, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes: for there shall be no man of his seede that shall prosper and sit vpon the throne of Dauid, or beare rule any more in Iudah.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:28-39
The Cavil of the Sadducees. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like… Read the whole commentary →