1Cor 15:52 | RWP | e4.org | In a moment ( εν ατομω ). Old word, from α privative and τεμνω , to cut, indivisible: Scientific word for atom which was considered indivisible, but that was before the day of electrons and protons. Only here in N.T. In the twinkling of an eye ( εν ριπη οφθαλμου ). Old word ριπη from ριπτω , to throw. Only here in N.T. Used by the Greeks for the flapping of a wing, the buzz of a gnat, the quivering of a harp, the twinkling of a star. At the last trump ( εν τη εσχατη σαλπιγγ ). Symbolical, of course. See on ; .

‏ 1 Corinthians 15:52

In a moment ( εν ατομω ). Old word, from α privative and τεμνω, to cut, indivisible: Scientific word for atom which was considered indivisible, but that was before the day of electrons and protons. Only here in N.T.

In the twinkling of an eye ( εν ριπη οφθαλμου ). Old word ριπη from ριπτω, to throw. Only here in N.T. Used by the Greeks for the flapping of a wing, the buzz of a gnat, the quivering of a harp, the twinkling of a star.

At the last trump ( εν τη εσχατη σαλπιγγ ). Symbolical, of course. See on 1Th 4:16; Mt 24:31.