KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 20:29–33
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Luke 20:29
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
29There were therefore seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and died without children.
Luke 20:30
30And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
30And the second tooke her to wife, and he died childlesse.
Luke 20:31
31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
31And the third tooke her, and in like maner the seuen also. And they left no children, and died.
Luke 20:32
32Last of all the woman died also.
32Last of all the woman died also.
Luke 20:33
33Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
33Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of them is she? for seuen had her to wife.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 20:29
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Luke 20:30
Without children or offspring.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Luke 20:31
Following the second in order; one of three equal parts, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Departed from, allowed to remain, or abandoned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Luke 20:32
At the end or after all others; latest or final. As a verb, to continue or endure.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Luke 20:33
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
resurrection
A rising again; especially, the rising of the dead.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 29
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Open the full verse study30Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
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Open the full verse study20And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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Open the full verse study5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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Open the full verse study27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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Open the full verse study10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
From verse 33
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Open the full verse study24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27And last of all the woman died also.
28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
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Open the full verse study19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
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