Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 12:21
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
The second took her,…. To wife, married her, as the next eldest brother, by the above law was obliged to: and so the Jewish l canon upon it runs thus;
“the command is, , “for the eldest” to marry his brother’s wife: if he will not, they go to all the brethren; if they will not, they return to the eldest, and say, the command is upon thee, either pluck off the shoe, or marry.”
Maimonides m relates it in this manner;
“if a man dies, and leaves many brethren, the command is upon the eldest to marry, or pull off the shoe; as it is said, De 25:6, “and it shall be the firstborn which she beareth”. From tradition, it is learned that it does not speak but of the firstborn among the brethren; and it is all one as if it was said, the eldest of the brethren shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead; and this is what is said, “which she beareth”: the sense is, which the mother has borne, and not which the brother’s wife beareth; if the eldest will not marry her, they go round to all the brethren; and if they will not, they return to the eldest, and say, upon thee is the command, either pluck off the shoe, or marry; and they do not compel him to marry, but they compel him to pluck off the shoe;”
i.e. in case he will not marry.
And died, neither left he any, seed, and the third likewise; married her, and died without issue, as the second did. The Persic version adds, “and the fourth, and fifth”; for so they all did to the seventh.
l Misn. Yebamot, c. 4. sect. 5. & T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 39. 1. m Hilch. Yebum Uchalitza, c. 2, sect. 6, 7. Vid. Jarchium in Deut. xxv. 6.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1) “And the second took her, and died,” (kai ho deuteros elabern auten kai apethanen) “And the second (of the seven brothers) took her (as a wife) and he too died,” as in the instance of Onan, Gen 38:7-10.
2) “Neither left he any seed:- (me katalipon sperma) ”Not leaving behind any seed,” any children, Luk 20:30.
3) “And the third likewise.” (kai ho tritos hosautos) “And the third similarly,” after the same manner, took her as a wife, lived with her that she might bear children, but she bare no child to him, either,” Mat 22:26.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
Ver. 21. See Trapp on “ Mat 22:26 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
neither. Compound of ou. App-105.