1 Corinthians 15:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In his own order, either with respect to time, or dignity, lest any should say: If Christ's resurrection be the cause of the resurrection of believers, then why did not all the saints, that were in the graves, rise with Christ? The apostle saith: God had appointed an order, and this order was, that they that were dead, or should be dead, before Christ's second coming, should not prevent one another, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, &c. Besides, the order which God had set was, That Christ should be the first-fruits of this harvest, rising first from the dead, so as to die no more. Afterward they that are Christ's at his coming; then believers, that are members of Christ, by faith implanted into him, should also rise, but not before his second coming.