1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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 sorrow, on that account. All grief for the death of friends is far from being unlawful; we may weep at least for ourselves if we do not weep for them, weep for own loss, though it may be their fain. Yet we must not be immoderate in our sorrows, because, I. This looks as if we had no hope, 1... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

4:13-18 We do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, because we do not wish you to sorrow as the rest of people do because they have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we can be sure that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus. For we tell you this, not by our own authority but by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who survive until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not take precedence over... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

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 dispensation; nor by his spirit, and the discovery of his love and grace, in which sense he descends in a spiritual manner, and visits his people; but in person, in his human nature, in soul and body; in like manner as he went up to heaven will he descend from thence, so as to be visible, to be seen... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we which are alive and remain ,.... See Gill on 1 Thessalonians 4:15 . shall be caught up ; suddenly, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with force and power; by the power of Christ, and by the ministry and means of the holy angels; and to which rapture will contribute, the agility which the bodies both of the raised and changed saints will have: and this rapture of the living saints will be together with them ; with the dead in Christ, that will then be raised; so... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

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; for thousands of thousands shall minister unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand shall stand before him; for the Son of man shall come on the throne of his glory: but who may abide the day of his coming, or stand when he appeareth? With a shout - Or order, εν κελευσματι· and probably... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Verse 16 16For the Lord himself. He employs the term κελεύσματος, (shout,) and afterwards adds, the voice of the archangel, by way of exposition, intimating what is to be the nature of that arousing shout — that the archangel will discharge the office of a herald to summon the living and the dead to the tribunal of Christ. For though this will be common to all the angels, yet, as is customary among different ranks, he appoints one in the foremost place to take the lead of the others. As to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Verse 17 17And so we shall be ever. To those who have been once gathered to Christ he promises eternal life with him, by which statements the reveries of Origen and of the Chiliasts (588) are abundantly refuted. For the life of believers, when they have once been gathered into one kingdom, will have no end any more than Christ’s. Now, to assign to Christ a thousand years, so that he would afterwards cease to reign, were too horrible to be made mention of. Those, however, fall into this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

For ; assigning a reason for the above assertion, "because." The Lord himself ; not merely the Lord as the chief Person and Actor on that day, in contrast to his saints, but emphatic, " the Lord himself," the Lord in his own proper Person. Shall descend from heaven ; where the crucified and risen Jesus is now enthroned, seated at the right hand of God. With a shout ; a word denoting a commanding shout as that of a leader to his host when he leads them into the battle, or of the army... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we which are alive and remain ; or, are left ; that is, the saints who shall then be found alive on the earth. The apostle classes himself among the living, because he was then alive. Shall be caught up. The expression describes the irresistible power with which the saints shall be caught up, perhaps by the ministry of angels. Together with them ; with the dead in Christ who are raised. In the clouds . Our Lord is described as coming to judgment in the clouds of heaven ( ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:17

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