The Meaning of Mark 12:21 Explained

Mark 12:21

KJV: And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

YLT: and the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner,

Darby: and the second took her and died, and neither did he leave seed; and the third likewise.

ASV: and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  the second  took  her,  and  died,  neither  left  he  any seed:  and  the third  likewise. 

What does Mark 12:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 12:1-27 - Jesus Silences His Enemies
Our Lord reviews the history of the theocracy. He recounts the long roll of God's servants who had been persecuted and misused from the first to the last, including Himself. In doing so, He openly implied that He was the Son of God and made the Pharisees realize how clearly He foresaw the fate which they were preparing for Him. They were accustomed to apply Psalms 118:22 to the Messiah, and recognized at once what Jesus meant, when He claimed it as an emblem of His own rejection.
How admirably our Lord defined the relations of His Kingdom to the civil power! If we accept Caesar's protection and ordered government we are bound to maintain it by money payment and such other service as conscience permits. This indeed is part of our duty to God; and with equal care we must give Him the dues of the spiritual world.
Jesus silenced the Sadducees by a quotation from the Pentateuch, whose authority they admitted. God could not be the God of persons not in existence. Therefore since He used the present tense of His relationship with the patriarchs in speaking to Moses three hundred years after their death, they must have been still in existence. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 12

1  Jesus tells the parable of the tenants
13  He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18  convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;
28  resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
35  refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ;
38  bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
41  and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all

What do the individual words in Mark 12:21 mean?

And the second took her died not having left seed third likewise
καὶ δεύτερος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν ἀπέθανεν μὴ καταλιπὼν σπέρμα τρίτος ὡσαύτως

δεύτερος  second 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: δεύτερον 
Sense: the second, the other of two.
ἔλαβεν  took 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λαμβάνω  
Sense: to take.
αὐτήν  her 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἀπέθανεν  died 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: ἀποθνῄσκω  
Sense: to die.
καταλιπὼν  having  left 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: καταλείπω  
Sense: to leave behind.
σπέρμα  seed 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular
Root: σπέρμα  
Sense: from which a plant germinates.
τρίτος  third 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: τρίτον 
Sense: the third.
ὡσαύτως  likewise 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὡσαύτως  
Sense: in like manner, likewise.

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