Matthew 22:26

Study note

Setting — A questioner continues his hypothetical scenario to Jesus, detailing the sequential deaths of six of seven brothers who successively married the same woman under levirate custom.

The words — ὁμοίως (homoiōs) means "likewise" or "in the same manner," and ἕως (heōs) means "until" or "down to," marking the unbroken chain of succession.

The thread — The practice of leaving a childless brother's wife to the next sibling originates in Deuteronomy 25:5-6, and the narrative frame repeats the pattern in Matthew 22:25 and 27.

Why it lands — The verse demands the listener track the logical endpoint of a legal hypothetical, forcing a direct evaluation of how resurrection life intersects with earthly marital obligations.

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