Luke 20:29-33

Luke 20:29-33

[29] therefore  seven  brethren:  and  the first  took  a wife,  and died  without children.  [30] And  the second  her to wife,  and  he  died  childless.  [31] And  the third  took  her;  and  in like manner  the seven  also:  and they left  no  children,  and  died.  [32] Last  the woman  died  also.  [33] Therefore  in  the resurrection  whose  wife  of them  is she?  for  seven  had  her  to wife. 

What does Luke 20:29-33 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jesus" critics posed a possible but far-fetched case of levirate marriage. Their obvious purpose was to show that belief in the resurrection of the body was ludicrous and that Jesus was wrong to advocate it. However, they made the unwarranted assumption that life in a resurrected body would involve sexual relations as we know them now. The problem was that none of the woman"s seven husbands had fathered a child by her. Consequently none of them had any special claim on her as his wife.