LUKE 20:31 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

UST Then the third brother married her, but the same thing happened again. In the end, all seven brothers, one by one, married that woman but died without having any children.

BLB and the third took her; and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

AICNT and the third [took her][fn] [[in the same way]];[fn] [but also][fn] likewise all seven [[also]][fn] left no children [and died].[fn]

20:31, took her: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(a e).

20:31, in the same way: Later manuscripts add. BYZ

20:31, but also: Absent from D(05).

20:31, also: Some manuscripts include. W(032) Latin(a)

20:31, and died: Absent from some manuscripts. Latin(ff² i)

OEB and so, too, did all seven – dying without children.

WEBBE The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.

LSV and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven—they left no children, and they died;

FBV and then the third brother also married her. In the end all seven brothers married her, and then died without having children.

TCNT Likewise, the third also married her. In the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

T4T Then the third brother married her, but the same thing happened again. All seven brothers, one by one, married that woman, but they had no children, and one by one they died.

LEB and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

BBE And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.

Moff and the third took her, as indeed all the seven did, dying and leaving no children.

Wymth and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.

ASV and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

DRA And the third took her. And in like manner all the seven, and they left no children, and died.

YLT and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven — they left not children, and they died;

Drby and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

RV and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

SLT And the third took her; and likewise also the seven: and they left no children, and died.

Wbstr And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: And they left no children, and died.

KJB-1769 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

KJB-1611 And the third tooke her, and in like maner the seuen also. And they left no children, and died.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the thirde toke her, & in lykewise the residue of the seuen, and left no chyldren behynde them, and dyed.
(And the third took her, and in likewise the residue of the seven, and left no children behind them, and died.)

Gnva Then the third tooke her: and so likewise the seuen dyed, and left no children.
(Then the third took her: and so likewise the seven died, and left no children. )

Cvdl and the thirde toke her, likewyse all the seue, and left no children behynde the, and dyed.
(and the third took her, likewise all the seven, and left no children behind them, and died.)

TNT And the thyrde toke her and in lyke wyse the resydue of the seven and leeft no chyldren be hynde them and dyed.
(And the third took her and in likewise the residue of the seven and left no children be hynde them and died. )

Wycl and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften not seed, but ben deed;
(and the third took hir; also and all seven, and left not seed, but been deed;)

Luth Und der dritte nahm sie. Desselbigengleichen alle sieben und ließen keine Kinder und starben.
(And the/of_the third took they/she/them. Desselbigengleichen all seven and leave/let no children and died.)

ClVg Et tertius accepit illam. Similiter et omnes septem, et non reliquerunt semen, et mortui sunt.
(And third he_received her. Similarly/Likewise and everyone seven, and not/no reliquerunt seed, and dead are. )

UGNT καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν; ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ, οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
(kai ho tritos elaben autaʸn; hōsautōs de kai hoi hepta, ou katelipon tekna, kai apethanon.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν ⸀αὐτήν, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα καὶ ἀπέθανον·
(kai ho tritos elaben ⸀autaʸn, hōsautōs de kai hoi hepta ou katelipon tekna kai apethanon;)

RP-GNT Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν ὡσαύτως. Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτά· οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
(Kai ho tritos elaben autaʸn hōsautōs. Hōsautōs de kai hoi hepta; ou katelipon tekna, kai apethanon.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν [fn]ὡσαύτως. Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτά· [fn]οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
(Kai ho tritos elaben autaʸn hōsautōs. Hōsautōs de kai hoi hepta; ou katelipon tekna, kai apethanon. )

20:31 ωσαυτως ¦ — CT HF PCK TR

20:31 ου ¦ και ου SCR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translation Notes:

Section 20:27–40: Sadducees asked Jesus a trick question about the resurrection

The Jewish leaders continued to challenge Jesus’ authority and the things that he was teaching. In this section some Sadducees asked Jesus a question to try to show that his teaching was wrong. Like the Pharisees, the Sadducees were another group of Jewish leaders with certain religious beliefs. Many of the Sadducees were priests. They did not believe that God would cause anyone who had died to live again.

Jesus taught that God does cause people who have died to live again. The Sadducees tried to use this belief to trick Jesus in 20:27–40. They told a story to ridicule these beliefs that Jesus taught. The story was not true, but they used it to ask a question. They thought that if a person believed that people who died could live again, there was no sensible answer to the question.

The Sadducees based their story on the custom that is described in Deuteronomy 25:5–6. This scripture teaches that if an Israelite woman did not have any children by her husband before he died, her husband’s brother should marry her. Their first child would have the name of his dead brother and would be the heir of the dead brother.This custom was called levirate marriage. Jewish people considered the first son that the widow bore after marrying the brother of her dead husband to be the son of her dead husband, not the son of the man who was now her husband. This meant that this son and his descendants would carry on the dead man’s family and family name through future generations. Any sons born after this to the woman and her living husband would carry on the name of the living husband for future generations. In that way, the dead man’s family and family name could continue through future generations. Since the Scripture taught this custom, the Sadducees believed that they could prove from Scripture that Jesus was wrong.

Examples of headings for this section are:

The Question about Rising from Death (GNT)

Do the dead rise again?

The Sadducees challenged Jesus on people rising from death

Parallel passages for this section are found in Matthew 22:23–33 and Mark 12:18–27.

20:31a

and the third married the widow,

and then the third brother.
Then the third brother married her, and died leaving no children.

and the third married the widow: Then the third oldest brother married the woman. It is again implied that he died childless. Your translation should not imply that the woman caused the men to die.

20:31b

and in the same way all seven died,

And in the same way, all seven brothers married her, and all seven died.
All seven brothers married her, and all of them died.

20:31c

leaving no children.

None of them had any children.
The woman did not bear any of them a child.

20:31b–c

and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children: It is clearly implied here that before they died, all seven brothers married the same woman, one after the other. None of the seven brothers produced any children by the woman whom they all had married. Another way to translate this is:

In the same way all seven brothers married the widow, died, and left no children. (GW)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

καὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν ὡσαύτως δέ καί οἱ ἑπτά οὒ κατέλιπον τέκνα καί ἀπέθανον)

The Sadducees are continuing to describe a hypothetical situation. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [And suppose that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν

the third took her

The implication, as the end of the verse says specifically, is that after this third brother married the widow, he too died before they had any children. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [The third brother then married her, but he also died before they had any children]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ τρίτος

the third

Jesus is using the adjective third as a noun in order to indicate a particular person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could specify the person. Alternate translation: [the third brother] or [the next oldest brother]

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

ὁ τρίτος

the third

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [brother number three] or [the next oldest brother]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ, οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα, καὶ ἀπέθανον

likewise (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν ὡσαύτως δέ καί οἱ ἑπτά οὒ κατέλιπον τέκνα καί ἀπέθανον)

The Sadducees are speaking in a compact way in order to keep the story short. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could supply the information they leave out from the context. It may be helpful to make this a separate sentence. Alternate translation: [In the same way, the rest of the seven brothers married this widow, but they all died before they had any children]

Parallel LUKE 20:31

Section 20:27–40: Sadducees asked Jesus a trick question about the resurrection

20:31a

20:31b

20:31c

20:31b–c