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410 B
410 B
There were seven brothers
The Sadducees talk about a situation that did not really happen because they want Jesus to tell them what he thinks is right and wrong. Alternate translation: "Suppose there were seven brothers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo)
the first
the first brother
the first took a wife
"the first married a woman." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.