Matthew 22:24
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Likewise the second also,.... The eldest of the surviving brethren, having married his brother's wife, after sometime died also without children, and left her to his next brother to marry her; and the…
Conversation of Jesus with the Sadducees respecting the resurrection - See also Mar 12:18-27; Luk 20:27-38. Mat 22:23 The same day came the Sadducees - For an account of the Sadducees, see the notes…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
his brother shall marry his wife This is sometimes called the "levirate law," from Lat. levir, a brother-in-law; see Deu 25:5. "The law on this subject is not peculiar to the Jews, but is found…
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