1 CORINTHIANS 15:52 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed — the moment (atomos: indivisible instant) is marked by trumpet (salpigx), suggesting divine intervention. The dead's resurrection and the living's transformation are simultaneous.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:52
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.” After he had discoursed much of the resurrection, then opportunely he points out also its very marvellous character. As thus: “not this only,” says he, is wonderful that our bodies first turn to corruption, and then are raised; nor that the bodies which rise again after their corruption are better than these present ones; nor that they pass on to a much better state, nor that each receives back his own and none…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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