The Meaning of Luke 20:29 Explained

Luke 20:29

KJV: There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

YLT: 'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

Darby: There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

ASV: There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

There were  therefore  seven  brethren:  and  the first  took  a wife,  and died  without children. 

What does Luke 20:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 20:27-40 - The God Of The Living
Here our Lord answers the materialism of His time. He speaks with the note of absolute certainty concerning the unseen, Hebrews 11:27. Its inhabitants do not die or marry, nor are they subject to the conditions of our earthly life. These are the children of the resurrection. What an inspiring title! May it be applied to us as in Colossians 3:1-4? Too many are "the sons of this age," Luke 20:34, r.v., margin! They adopt this transient earth as their foster parent! We cannot belong to both, though some, like Bunyan's waterman, row in one direction, while they look in another.
How wonderful to find a proof of immortality in that passage about the bush, Exodus 3:6! The fact that Jehovah said, "I am the God of Abraham," proved that the patriarch was in existence somewhere at that moment. Those whom we describe as dead are living people who have died. Death is but a passage, a step. There is no break in the chain of existence. Yonder and here all live unto God, Romans 14:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 20

1  Jesus confirms his authority by a question of John's baptism
9  The parable of the vineyard
19  Of giving tribute to Caesar
27  He instructs the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection
41  How Jesus is the Son of David
45  He warns his disciples to beware of the scribes

What do the individual words in Luke 20:29 mean?

Seven therefore brothers there were and the first having taken a wife died childless
ἑπτὰ οὖν ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν καὶ πρῶτος λαβὼν γυναῖκα ἀπέθανεν ἄτεκνος

ἑπτὰ  Seven 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἑπτά  
Sense: seven.
ἀδελφοὶ  brothers 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀδελφός  
Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother.
ἦσαν  there  were 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
πρῶτος  first 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: πρῶτος  
Sense: first in time or place.
λαβὼν  having  taken 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: λαμβάνω  
Sense: to take.
γυναῖκα  a  wife 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: γυνή  
Sense: a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow.
ἀπέθανεν  died 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀποθνῄσκω  
Sense: to die.
ἄτεκνος  childless 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἄτεκνος  
Sense: without offspring, childless.

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