Luke 20:30

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

Complete Jewish Bible:

then the second

Berean Standard Bible:

Then the second

American Standard Version:

and the second:

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And^{G2532} the second^{G1208} took^{G2983} her to wife^{G1135}, and^{G2532} he^{G3778} died^{G599} childless^{G815}.

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Commentary for Luke 20:30

Luke 20:30 is a verse that falls within a larger passage where the Sadducees, a Jewish religious sect that denied the resurrection, are posing a hypothetical question to Jesus to try to trap Him in His words. The verse itself is part of a story involving a woman who was married to seven brothers in succession, as each brother died without leaving any children, according to the Levirate marriage law described in Deuteronomy 25:5-6. This law required a man to marry his brother's widow if the brother had died without producing an heir, to ensure the continuity of the family line and inheritance rights.

In the historical context, the Sadducees' question is designed to ridicule the concept of the resurrection, which they did not believe in. They present the scenario where the woman would be married to each brother in turn, asking whose wife she would be in the resurrection since she had been married to all seven. The Sadducees aimed to show the absurdity of belief in an afterlife by using this extreme example.

The themes present in this verse include the tension between different Jewish groups and their doctrines, the nature of marriage and its implications in the afterlife, and the question of the resurrection—a central tenant of Christian faith that Jesus came to affirm and clarify. Jesus' response to the Sadducees' question, which follows in the subsequent verses, addresses their misunderstanding of the resurrection and the nature of life in the hereafter, teaching that earthly relationships do not continue in the same way in the resurrection. Instead, those who are resurrected are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: G2532
   There are 5212 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: καί
   Transliteration: kaí
   Pronunciation: kahee
   Description: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
   
2. Strong's Number: G1208
   There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: δεύτερος
   Transliteration: deúteros
   Pronunciation: dyoo'-ter-os
   Description: as the comparative of δύο; (ordinal) second (in time, place, or rank; also adverb):--afterward, again, second(-arily, time).
   
3. Strong's Number: G2983
   There are 248 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: λαμβάνω
   Transliteration: lambánō
   Pronunciation: lam-ban'-o
   Description: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas δέχομαι is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while αἱρέομαι is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
   
4. Strong's Number: G1135
   There are 200 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: γυνή
   Transliteration: gynḗ
   Pronunciation: goo-nay'
   Description: probably from the base of γίνομαι; a woman; specially, a wife:--wife, woman.
   
5. Strong's Number: G3778
   There are 344 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: οὗτος
   Transliteration: hoûtos
   Pronunciation: how'-tahee
   Description: from the article ὁ and αὐτός; the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated):--he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
   
6. Strong's Number: G599
   There are 99 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: ἀποθνήσκω
   Transliteration: apothnḗskō
   Pronunciation: ap-oth-nace'-ko
   Description: from ἀπό and θνήσκω; to die off (literally or figuratively):--be dead, death, die, lie a-dying, be slain (X with).
   
7. Strong's Number: G815
   There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: ἄτεκνος
   Transliteration: áteknos
   Pronunciation: at'-ek-nos
   Description: from Α (as a negative particle) and τέκνον; childless:--childless, without children.