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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 15 The apostle, in this chapter, recommends the Gospel, and gives a summary of it, proves the resurrection of Christ, and by various arguments establishes the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, and answers objections made unto it. He also sets forth the glory there will be upon the bodies of risen saints, and the change that will be made on living ones; and...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

In a moment,.... Or point of time, which is very short indeed; what a moment is, according to the Jewish doctors, [See comments on Matthew 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), כהרף עין הרגע, "a moment is as the twinkling of an eye". This phrase, as the twinkling of an eye, is frequently used in Jewish...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter the apostle treats of that great article of Christianity—the resurrection of the dead. I. He establishes the certainty of our Saviour's resurrection, ver. 1-11. II. He, from this truth, sets himself to refute those who said, There is no resurrection of the dead, ver. 12-19. III. From our Saviour's resurrection he establishes the resurrection of the dead and confirms the...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But we shall all be changed, 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

In, a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall he raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Somehow or other, such a change as this must take place before we can enter heaven, for “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.”