1Thessalonians:4:16

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rwp @1Thessalonians:4:16 @{With a shout } (\en keleusmati \). Note this so-called instrumental use of \en \. Old word , here only in N .T ., from \keleu “\, to order , command (military command ). Christ will come as Conqueror . {With the voice of the archangel } (\en ph “n ˆi archaggelou \). Further explanation of \keleusmati \ (command ). The only archangel mentioned in N .T . is Michael in strkjv @Jude:1:9 |. But note absence of article with both \ph “n ˆi \ and \archaggelou \. The reference may be thus indefinite . {With the trump of God } (\en salpiggi theou \). Trumpet . See same figure in strkjv @1Corinthians:15:52 |. {The dead in Christ shall rise first } (\hoi nekroi en Christ “i anast ˆsontai pr “ton \). {First } here refers plainly to the fact that , so far from the dead in Christ having no share in the Parousia , they will rise before those still alive are changed .

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