Verse 14
14. ( :-).
raised up—rather, "raised," to distinguish it from "will raise up us"; the Greek of the latter being a compound, the former a simple verb. Believers shall be raised up out of the rest of the dead (see on :-); the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5).
us—Here he speaks of the possibility of his being found in the grave when Christ comes; elsewhere, of his being possibly found alive (Revelation 20:5- :). In either event, the Lord's coming rather than death is the great object of the Christian's expectation (Revelation 20:5- :).
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