1 Thessalonians 4:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

With the trump of God:— It was a custom among the ancients to summon assemblies by the sound of a trumpet: to which custom probably the Apostle here alludes. It has generally been inferred from the next clause, that good men shall rise before the wicked, and 1 Corinthians 15:23 seems to favour it. Dr. Heylin renders the verse, For as soon as the order shall be given, by the voice of the archangel, and by the trumpet of God, the Lord himself shall descend from heaven; and the dead, &c.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: