1Th 4:16 | RWP | e4.org | With a shout ( εν κελευσματ ). Note this so-called instrumental use of εν . Old word, here only in N.T., from κελευω , to order, command (military command). Christ will come as Conqueror. With the voice of the archangel ( εν φωνη αρχαγγελου ). Further explanation of κελευσματ (command). The only archangel mentioned in N.T. is Michael in . But note absence of article with both φωνη and αρχαγγελου . The reference may be thus indefinite. With the trump of God ( εν σαλπιγγ θεου ). Trumpet. See same figure in . The dead in Christ shall rise first ( ο νεκρο εν Χριστω αναστησοντα πρωτον ). 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.

‏ 1 Thessalonians 4:16

With a shout ( εν κελευσματ ). Note this so-called instrumental use of εν. Old word, here only in N.T., from κελευω, to order, command (military command). Christ will come as Conqueror.

With the voice of the archangel ( εν φωνη αρχαγγελου ). Further explanation of κελευσματ (command). The only archangel mentioned in N.T. is Michael in Jude 1:9. But note absence of article with both φωνη and αρχαγγελου. The reference may be thus indefinite.

With the trump of God ( εν σαλπιγγ θεου ). Trumpet. See same figure in 1Co 15:52.

The dead in Christ shall rise first ( ο νεκρο εν Χριστω αναστησοντα πρωτον ).

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.