Last of all the woman died also.

LUKE 20:32KJV
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Luke 20:32 (KJV)

What does Luke 20:32 mean?

Luke 20:32 states that, after the deaths of seven brothers, the woman in question also died. This verse simply reports the final outcome in a story being told, marking the end of the sequence where each brother and then the woman herself passes away.

In this scene, Jesus is speaking to a group called the Sadducees, who are trying to challenge him with a question about resurrection. They describe a situation where a woman marries seven brothers in turn, each dying without leaving children, and finally, the woman herself dies. This sets up their question about whose wife she would be in the resurrection, highlighting the scenario’s complexity.

Why Luke 20:32 matters

  • Luke 20:32 completes the hypothetical story used by the Sadducees to set up their question, making it clear that all the people involved—both the brothers and the woman—have died.
  • The verse emphasizes the finality of death in the story, which is crucial for understanding the Sadducees’ challenge about life after death and marriage in the resurrection.
  • This detail helps frame the larger discussion about resurrection and the nature of life after death, which Jesus addresses in the following verses.

Where else these words appear

“Last” Greek G5305 · used in 12 verses

  • Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
  • Matthew 21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
  • Mark 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

“died” Greek G599 · used in 99 verses

  • Matthew 8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
  • John 11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
  • Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.