“Their specious inquiry concerned the flesh, whether or not it would be subject to marriage after the resurrection; and they assumed the case of a woman who had married seven brothers, so that it was a doubtful point to which of them she should be restored. Now, let the purport both of the question and the answer be ke…”
Tertullian, 3th c. — On the Resurrection of the Flesh
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27Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
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25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
— Luke 20:27 —
28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.