And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Then the third brother married her, and the same thing happened with all seven brothers, they each married her, had no kids, and died.
All seven brothers ended up in the same situation, married her, no children, then passed away.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of Jesus, the Sadducees, a Jewish religious group that rejected the idea of resurrection, were challenging him with a hypothetical question based on the Old Testament's levirate marriage law from Deuteronomy. This law required a brother to marry his deceased sibling's widow to continue the family line and provide an heir, which the Sadducees used to create a scenario illustrating what they saw as absurd implications of resurrection. The verse is part of this debate occurring in the Jerusalem temple during Jesus' final days of ministry.
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