1 Corinthians 15:52 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ”

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In a moment - ( ἐν ἀτόμῳ en atomō). In an “atom,” scil. of time; a point of time which cannot be cut or divided ( α a, the alpha privative (“not”) and τομη tomē, from τέμνω t...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

In (e) a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (e) He shows that the time will be v...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A new question is now introduced, What will happen to those who are alive when Christ returns? ( cf . 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ). The principle that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

moment . Greek. atomos, literally that which cannot be out or divided. Hence "atom". Only here. twinkling . Greek. ripe. Only here. incorruptible . Greek. aphthartos. See Romans 1:23 .
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

52. In a moment This is still of a general nature; that is, it includes all. For in all the change will be sudden and instantaneous, because Christ’s advent will be sudden. And to convey the...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1995 DEATH A CONQUERED ENEMY 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 . Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at th...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. In a moment - Εν ατομῳ· In an atom; that...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. The last trump - at the sounding...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The last trump. — The trumpet was used to summon an assembly ( Exodus 20:18 ; Psalms 81:3 ; Isaiah 18:3 ; Isaiah 27:13 ) or to sound a warning. The last trumpet is the one which concludes a seri...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Victory over Sin and Death 1 Corinthians 15:42-58 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each b...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

. But the miraculous and instantaneous change from mortality to immortality, which he here asserts, and which is to be wrought without passing through death, this is a mystery nowhere else spoken of....
1 Corinthians 15:52 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CHANGE ‘We shall be changed.’ 1 Corinthians 15:52 These few but momentous words place before us a mystery, a profound mystery. I. What saith the Scriptures? —Three passages there cert...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In a moment ,.... Or point of time, which is very short indeed; what a moment is, according to the Jewish doctors, Matthew 4:8 . In the twinkling of an eye ; these two the Jews not only put toge...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Ver. 52. The trumpet shall sound ] As...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now this I say, brethren This I offer to your consideration as a great and important truth, that we must first undergo an entire change; for flesh and blood Such as we are now clothed with; cann...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all slee...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This change will be on the sudden, in a moment; either upon the will and command of Christ, which shall be as effectual to call persons out of their graves, as a trumpet is to call persons together...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:35 .— (1) Emphasis on “ the dead ,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “ With what (kind of) body? ” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36 .—Emphasis on “ thou ”...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Scofield Reference Notes

raised Resurrection, Summary: (1) The resurrection of the dead was believed by the patriarchs ( Genesis 22:5 ); ( Hebrews 11:19 ); ( Job 19:25-27 ) and revealed through the prophets; ( Isai...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:50-53 The two main propositions contained in this verse are the following the first, Flesh and blood is corruption; the second, The kingdom of God is incorruption. I. Flesh and b...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - The Biblical Illustrator

Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of God I. The general law. 1. This carries with it its own proof: for, obviously, darkness might a...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The transformation of the last day and the victory over death:
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:42 ; 1 Corinthians 15:50 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ; 2 Peter 3:10 ; Exodus 19:16 ; Exodus 20:18 ; Exodus 33:5 ; Ezekiel 33:3 ; Ezekiel 33:6 ; Isaiah 18:3 ; Isaiah 27:13 ; Jo...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...
1 Corinthians 15:52 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In a moment — Amazing work of omnipotence! And cannot the same power now change us into saints in a moment? The trumpet shall sound — To awaken all that sleep in the dust of the earth.

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:52 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:52 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 15:52 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:52 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes