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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Gill's Exposition
O death, where is thy sting?.... These words, with the following clause, are taken out of Hos 13:14 and that they belong to the times of the Messiah, the ancient Jews acknowledge; and the Chaldee…
Barnes' Notes
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 temnō, “to cut”). A…
Adam Clarke
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…
To confirm what he had said of this change,
I. He here tells them what had been concealed from or unknown to them till then - that all the saints would not die, but all would be changed. Those that…
Cambridge Bible
in a moment The literal meaning of the word here used is, that which is so small as to be actually indivisible.
in the twinkling of an eye Some MSS. read ῥοπῇ for ῥιπῇ, i.e. the downward motionof the…
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