1 Tesalonicenses 4:16-17 RVR1960

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven - notes, Acts 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 excitement, or of arging on; an outcry, clamor, or shout, as of sailors at the oar, Luc. Catapl. 19; of soldiers rushing to battle, Thuc. 3:14; of a multitude of people, Diod. Sic. 3:15; of a huntsman to his dogs, Xen. Ven. 6:20. It does not mean here, that the Lord would himself make such a shout,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we which are alive - Those who shall then be alive; see 1 Thessalonians 4:15. The word here rendered “then” (ἔπειτα epeita), does not necessarily mean that this would occur immediately. It properly marks succession in time, and means “afterward, next, next in the order of events;” Luke 16:7; Galatians 1:21; James 4:14. There may be a considerable interval between the resurrection of the pious and the time when the living shall be caught up to meet the Lord, for the change is to take... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18. The Lord himself The Lord Christ, arrayed in all his own glory, and in that of his Father; shall descend from heaven “This expression does not imply that the Lord Jesus will fix his tribunal on the earth; but that he will descend so as to fix his seat in the air, at such distance from the earth that every eye shall see him, and every ear shall hear his voice, when he passes the awful sentence by which their state shall be unchangeably fixed. This conjecture is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

4:13-5:11 CONCERNING CHRIST’S RETURNThose who have died (4:13-18)Among the Thessalonians, some were worried that those in their church who had died would not share in the return of Christ and the final triumph of his kingdom. Paul assures them that they will share in his return just as they share in his death and resurrection. (13-14). Believers who have died, far from being at a disadvantage, will be raised to life first. Believers still alive will join them, and together they will meet Christ... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

For = Because. Greek. hoti. heaven . Singular. See Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . shout = word of command. Greek. keleusma. Only here in NT. In the Septuagint in Proverbs 30:27 , the rendering of which is, The locust has no king, yet it marches orderly at one word of command. archangel . Only here and in Jude 1:9 , where he is called Michael, which connects this event with Daniel 12:1 . trump . Compare Matthew 24:31 and 1 Corinthians 15:52 . the dead . App-139 . Christ . App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then . Greek. epeita, thereupon, thereafter. caught up . Greek. harpazo. See Acts 8:39 . 2 Corinthians 12:2 , 2 Corinthians 12:4 .Revelation 12:5 . together . Greek. hama. the . Omit. meet . Greek. See Matthew 25:1 . in . App-104 . so . i.e. by resurrection, or translation. ever . App-151 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

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;Descend from heaven ... This is not to be understood in a spatial sense at all. Paul's words here are still the best way to declare the sudden manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ at the cataclysmic end of this age. The manifestation will be upon the whole earth, and not merely upon some part of it; and there simply are no words... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.Caught up in the clouds ... "The Greek word for `caught up' is rendered as "raplemur" in the Vulgate and other Latin versions, whence the event is sometimes called `the rapture,' or snatching away of the saints."[33]To meet the Lord in the air ... Not to dwell with him "in the air," but then to accompany him to the new heaven and the new... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

1 Thessalonians 4:16. With the trump of God:— It was a custom among the ancients to summon assemblies by the sound of a trumpet: to which custom probably the Apostle here alludes. It has generally been inferred from the next clause, that good men shall rise before the wicked, and 1Co 15:23 seems to favour it. Dr. Heylin renders the verse, For as soon as the order shall be given, by the voice of the archangel, and by the trumpet of God, the Lord himself shall descend from heaven; and the dead,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

1 Thessalonians 4:17. Shall be caught up together with them, &c.— A cloud conducted by angels was our Lord's triumphal chariot when he ascended; and such a bright cloud will be his triumphal chariot when he comes down as judge on the great day, Acts 1:9; Acts 1:11.Revelation 1:7; Revelation 1:7. Daniel 7:13. And it is here intimated, as if his faithful saints also were thus to ascend into glory. Dr. Heylin reads this verse, After that, such of us as are then alive shall, together with them,... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

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