# 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/jit/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/jit/figs-activepassive]]) # heaven This refers to the place where God lives.