Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
In a moment - ( ̓ ̓́ͅ en atomō ). In an "atom," scil. of time; a point of time which cannot be cut or divided ( a , the alpha privative ("not" ) and tomē , from ́ temnō , "to cut" ). A single instant; immediately. It will be done instantaneously.
In the twinkling of an eye - This is an expression also denoting the least conceivable duration of time. The suddenness of the coming of the Lord Jesus is elsewhere compared to the coming of a thief in the night; II Peter 3:10. The word rendered "twinkling" ( ̔͂ ripē , from ̔́ rhiptō , "to throw, cast" ) means "a throw, cast, jerk," as of a stone; and then "a jerk of the eye," that is, "a wink" - Robinson.
At the last trump - When the trumpet shall sound to raise the dead. The word "last" here does not imply that any trumpet shall have been before sounded at the resurrection, but is a word denoting that this is the consummation or close of things; it will end the economy of this world; it will be connected with the last state of things.
For the trumpet shall sound - See the note at Matthew 24:31.
And the dead shall be raised - See the note at John 5:25.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Amos 3:5
Matthew 24:30
Matthew 24:30
Matthew 24:31
Matthew 24:31
Matthew 25:31
Matthew 25:32
Acts 10:42
1 Corinthians 15:42
1 Corinthians 15:51
2 Corinthians 5:2
1 Thessalonians 4:16
1 Thessalonians 4:17
1 Thessalonians 4:18
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