Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
But now (nuni de). Emphatic form of nun with -i added (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:18). It is the logical triumph of Paul after the reductio ad impossibile (Findlay) of the preceding argument.
The first-fruits (aparxh). Old word from aparxomai, to offer firstlings or first-fruits. In LXX for first-fruits. In papyri for legacy-duty, entrance-fee, and also first-fruits as here. See also verse 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 16:15; Romans 8:23, etc. Christ is "first-born from the dead" (Colossians 1:18). Others raised from the dead died again, but not so Jesus.
That sleep (twn kekoimhmenwn). Perfect middle participle as in Matthew 27:52 which see. Beautiful picture of death from which word (koimaomai) comes our cemetery.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 27:52
Romans 11:16
1 Corinthians 16:15
Colossians 1:18
2 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Timothy 2:8
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