And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
So the second brother married her and also died without having any kids. Same thing happened with the third brother.
This family tree was not thriving, brother after brother, same tragic outcome.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of Jesus, the Sadducees, a religious group that rejected the idea of resurrection, challenged him with a hypothetical story based on the Old Testament law of levirate marriage from Deuteronomy. This law required a man to marry his deceased brother's widow to provide an heir if the brother died without children. In this verse, the narrative continues with the second and third brothers in the story, who also marry the woman and die childless, illustrating the Sadducees' attempt to mock the concept of resurrection.
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