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:
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Gill's Exposition
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven,.... Not by proxy, or by representatives; not by the ministry of angels, as on Mount Sinai; nor by the ministers of the word, as under the Gospel…
Barnes' Notes
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven - notes, Act 1:11. With a shout - The word here used (κέλευσμα keleusma), does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It properly means a “cry’ of…
Adam Clarke
The Lord himself - That is: Jesus Christ shall descend from heaven; shall descend in like manner as he was seen by his disciples to ascend, i.e. in his human form, but now infinitely more glorious;…
In these words the apostle comforts the Thessalonians who mourned for the death of their relations and friends that died in the Lord. His design is to dissuade them from excessive grief, or inordinate…
Cambridge Bible
For the Lord Himself "In His personal august presence" (Ellicott). Comp. 2Th 2:16; 2Th 3:16, for this kind of emphasis; also Ch. 1Th 3:11; 1Th 5:23, "God Himself:" in each case we feel the majesty…
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