Matthew 22:24 · Webster's Bible

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
Matthew 22:24 in the Webster's Bible reads: “Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.”. Read it in the full context of Matthew 22, or compare how other translations render it below.

Matthew 22:24 in Other Translations

KJV Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
WEB saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’
ASV saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
YLT ‘Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.
WBT Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
DBY saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.

Commentary on Matthew 22:24

Expositions from classic Bible commentators.

John Gill · Matthew 22:24

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 third brother accordingly did marry her, and in process of time died likewise, leaving no issue behind him; and thus they went on in course, unto the seventh: the fourth, fifth, and sixth, married her in turn, and so did the seventh; and all died in the same circumstances, having no children by her.

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 third brother accordingly did marry her, and in process of time died likewise, leaving no issue behind him; and thus they went on in course, unto the seventh: the fourth, fifth, and sixth, married her in turn, and so did the seventh; and all died in the same circumstances, having no children by her.

Matthew 22:27

mat 22:27

mat 22:27

mat 22:27And last of all the woman died also. A widow and childless, having never married another person but these seven brethren; and the case with them being alike, no one having any child by her, upon which any peculiar claim to her could be formed, the following question is put.

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen--So Mat 19:30. See on Mat 20:16.

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Questions about Matthew 22:24

What does Matthew 22:24 say?

Matthew 22:24 in the Webster's Bible reads: “Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.” Read it in the full context of Matthew 22, alongside the classic commentary on this page.

Where is Matthew 22:24 found in the Bible?

Matthew 22:24 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 22, verse 24, in the New Testament.

What Bible translation is Matthew 22:24 shown in?

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