Matthew 22:26

26 So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh,

Matthew 22:26 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:26

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 22:26 In-Context

24 "Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, `If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

25 Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.

26 So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh,

27 till the woman also died, after surviving them all.

28 At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? for they all married her."