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 # 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 Sadducees tell Jesus a story because they want to ask him a question about it to test him. The story is not about things that really happened. Alternate translation: "Suppose there were seven brothers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
 
 # the first
 
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ the first brother
 
 # the first took a wife
 
-"the first married a woman." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.
+"the first brother married a woman." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.