en_tn/mrk/12/25.md

# For when they rise

Here the word "they" refers to the brothers and the woman from the example.

# rise

Waking and getting up from sleep is a metaphor for becoming alive after having been dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# from the dead

The expression "the dead" describes all dead people together in the underworld. To rise from among them speaks of becoming alive again. Alternate translation: "from among all those who have died" 

# they neither marry nor are given in marriage

"they do not marry, and they are not given in marriage"

# are given in marriage

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "and no one gives them in marriage" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# heaven

This refers to the place where God lives.