1 Corinthians 15:52 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:52

in an instant, 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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Letter 14.11 (420)

Then at the sound of the trumpet the earth and its people shall tremble, but you shall rejoice. The world shall lament and groan when the Lord comes to judge it. The tribes of the earth shall smite the breast. Once mighty kings shall shiver in their nakedness. Then shall Jupiter, with all his progeny, indeed be shown aflame, and Plato with his disciples will be marked a fool. Aristotle's argument shall be of no avail. You may be a poor man and country bred, but then you shall exult and laugh and say: behold the crucified, my God!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

In a moment,.... Or point of time, which is very short indeed; what a moment is, according to the Jewish doctors, See Gill on Mat 4:8. In the twinkling of an eye; these two the Jews not only put together as here, but make one to be as the other; so they say (k), הרגע כהרף עין, "a moment is as the twinkling of an eye".

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

In a moment - Εν ατομῳ· In an atom; that is, an indivisible point of time. In the twinkling of an eye; as soon as a man can wink; which expressions show that this mighty work is to be done by the almighty power of God, as he does all his works, He calls, and it is done. The resurrection of all the dead, from the foundation of the world to that time, and the change of all the living then upon earth, shall be the work of a single moment.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The trumpet was sounded to convoke the people on solemn feasts, especially on the first day of the seventh month (the type of the completion of time; seven being the number for perfection; on the tenth of the same month was the atonement, and on the fifteenth the feast of tabernacles, commemorative of completed salvation out of the spiritual Egypt, compare Zec 14:18, 19); compare Ps 50:1-7.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἀτόμῳ	atomō	an instant	G823 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ῥιπῇ	rhipēa	[the] twinkling	G4493 →
ὀφθαλμοῦ	ophthalmou	of an eye	G3788 →
ἐν	en	at	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἐσχάτῃ	eschatē	last	G2078 →
σάλπιγγι·	salpingi	trumpet;	G4536 →
σαλπίσει	salpisei	[The] trumpet will sound	G4537 →
γάρ,	gar	for,	G1063 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
νεκροὶ	nekroi	dead	G3498 →
ἐγερθήσονται	egerthēsontai	will be raised	G1453 →
ἄφθαρτοι,	aphthartoi	imperishable,	G862 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
ἀλλαγησόμεθα.	allagēsometha	will be changed.	G236 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- Mark 13:27
  And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
- Isaiah 27:13
  And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on…
- Isaiah 11:12
  He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Through
John 5:28
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
leads to
- Revelation 20:12
  And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14–17
  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
Through
John 5:25
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
leads to
- John 5:28
  Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- Ephesians 5:14
  So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”