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# For when they rise
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Here the word "they" refers to the brothers and the woman from the example.
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# rise
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Waking and getting up from sleep is a metaphor for becoming alive after having been dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# from the dead
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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"
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# they neither marry nor are given in marriage
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"they do not marry, and they are not given in marriage"
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# are given in marriage
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "and no one gives them in marriage" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# heaven
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This refers to the place where God lives.
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