1 Corinthians 15:52
ContextNETBible | in a moment, in the blinking 1 of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. |
XREF | Ex 19:16; Ex 20:18; Ex 33:5; Nu 10:4; Nu 16:21,45; Ps 73:19; Isa 18:3; Isa 27:13; Eze 33:3,6; Zec 9:14; Mt 24:31; Joh 5:25; 1Co 15:42,50; 1Th 4:16; 2Pe 3:10; Re 8:2,13; Re 9:13,14 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The Greek word ῥιπή (rJiph) refers to a very rapid movement (BDAG 906 s.v.). This has traditionally been translated as “twinkling,” which implies an exceedingly fast – almost instantaneous – movement of the eyes, but this could be confusing to the modern reader since twinkling in modern English often suggests a faint, flashing light. In conjunction with the genitive ὀφθαλμοῦ (ofqalmou, “of an eye”), “blinking” is the best English equivalent (see, e.g., L&N 16.5), although it does not convey the exact speed implicit in the Greek term. |