1 Thessalonians 4:16
New International Version
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

New Living Translation
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves.

English Standard Version
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

Berean Standard Bible
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

Berean Literal Bible
because the Lord Himself with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

King James Bible
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

New King James Version
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

New American Standard Bible
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

NASB 1995
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

NASB 1977
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Amplified Bible
For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Berean Annotated Bible
For the Lord {Kyrios} Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God {Theou}, and the dead in Christ (the Anointed One) will be the first to rise.

Christian Standard Bible
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

American Standard Version
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

Contemporary English Version
With a loud command and with the shout of the chief angel and a blast of God's trumpet, the Lord will return from heaven. Then those who had faith in Christ before they died will be raised to life.

English Revised Version
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet [call] of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life.

Good News Translation
There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first;

International Standard Version
With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first.

NET Bible
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

New Heart English Bible
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

Webster's Bible Translation
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Weymouth New Testament
For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

World English Bible
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
because the LORD Himself, with a shout, with the voice of a chief-messenger, and with the trumpet of God, will come down from Heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first;

Berean Literal Bible
because the Lord Himself with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Young's Literal Translation
because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

Smith's Literal Translation
For the Lord himself in the word of command, in the voice of the archangel, shall descend from heaven: and the dead in Christ shall be raised first:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For the Lord himself, with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven. And the dead, who are in Christ, shall rise up first.

New American Bible
For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

New Revised Standard Version
For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For our LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and those who died in Christ will rise first.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because our Lord shall descend from Heaven with a command and with the voice of the Archangel and with the trumpet blast of God, and the dead who are in The Messiah shall rise first;
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first;

Godbey New Testament
because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

Haweis New Testament
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Mace New Testament
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and by the voice of the archangel, with the trumpet of God, resound the summons: they who died christians shall rise first:

Weymouth New Testament
For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Worrell New Testament
because the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven, with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with a trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

Worsley New Testament
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Return of the Lord
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.…

Cross References
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven

John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
with a loud command,

John 11:43
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Psalm 33:9
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.

Psalm 29:4
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
with the voice of an archangel,

Jude 1:9
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Daniel 12:1
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

Revelation 12:7
Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
and with the trumpet of God,

1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. …

Revelation 20:4-6
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. / The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection. / Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— / in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.


Treasury of Scripture

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

the Lord.

Isaiah 25:8,9
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it

Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Matthew 24:30,31
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory…

with a.

Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

Psalm 47:1,5
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph…

Zechariah 4:7
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

the archangel.

Jude 1:9
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

with the trump.

Exodus 19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Isaiah 27:13
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

and the.

1 Corinthians 15:23,51,52
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming…

Revelation 20:5,6
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection…

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1 Thessalonians 4
1. He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness;
6. to live holily and justly;
9. to love one another;
11. and quietly to follow their own business;
13. and last of all, to sorrow moderately for the dead.
17. followed by a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment.












For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven
This phrase emphasizes the personal involvement of Jesus Christ in the events of the end times. The Lord's descent from heaven is a fulfillment of His promise to return (John 14:3). It reflects the ascension narrative in Acts 1:11, where angels assure the disciples that Jesus will return in the same manner as He ascended. The descent signifies divine intervention and the culmination of God's redemptive plan.

with a loud command
The loud command signifies authority and power, reminiscent of Jesus' voice that calmed storms and raised the dead (John 11:43). This command will be unmistakable and authoritative, signaling the gathering of His people. It echoes the Old Testament theophanies where God's voice is described as powerful and majestic (Psalm 29:4).

with the voice of an archangel
The mention of an archangel suggests a heavenly announcement of great significance. In Jude 1:9, Michael is referred to as an archangel, indicating a role of leadership among angels. This voice serves as a herald, proclaiming the arrival of the Lord and the unfolding of eschatological events.

and with the trumpet of God
The trumpet is a recurring symbol in biblical prophecy, often associated with divine revelation and judgment (Exodus 19:16, 1 Corinthians 15:52). In ancient Israel, trumpets were used to call assemblies and announce significant events. Here, the trumpet of God signals the resurrection and gathering of believers, marking a pivotal moment in salvation history.

and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise
This phrase assures believers of the resurrection hope, affirming that those who have died in faith will be raised first. It aligns with 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, where Christ is described as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. This resurrection is a testament to the victory over death achieved through Jesus' own resurrection, providing comfort and assurance to the Thessalonian believers facing persecution and loss.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Lord
Refers to Jesus Christ, who will personally return from heaven.

2. Heaven
The dwelling place of God, from where Jesus will descend.

3. Archangel
A high-ranking angelic being, whose voice will accompany the Lord's return.

4. Trumpet of God
A divine signal that heralds significant events, particularly the return of Christ.

5. The Dead in Christ
Believers who have died before the return of Christ, who will be resurrected first.
Teaching Points
The Certainty of Christ's Return
Jesus Himself will return, affirming the certainty and personal nature of His second coming.

The Power of God's Command
The loud command signifies authority and power, reminding believers of God's ultimate control over life and death.

The Role of Angels in God's Plan
The voice of the archangel highlights the involvement of heavenly beings in the fulfillment of God's purposes.

The Hope of Resurrection
The resurrection of the dead in Christ provides hope and assurance for believers regarding life after death.

The Importance of Being in Christ
Only those who are "in Christ" will rise first, emphasizing the necessity of a personal relationship with Jesus.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 4:16?

2. How does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 encourage us to live with hope daily?

3. What role does "the voice of the archangel" play in this event?

4. How does this verse connect with 1 Corinthians 15:52 about resurrection?

5. In what ways can we prepare for the Lord's return as described here?

6. How does the promise of resurrection in this verse impact your faith today?

7. What does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 reveal about the nature of Jesus' return?

8. How does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 align with other biblical prophecies about the Second Coming?

9. What is the significance of the "trumpet call of God" in 1 Thessalonians 4:16?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 4?

11. What distinguishes the Rapture from the Second Coming?

12. Could the loud command and voice of the archangel in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 stem from earlier mythologies rather than actual events?

13. Is there a second chance after the rapture?

14. What happens to pets during the Rapture?
What Does 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Mean
For the Lord Himself

Paul begins with the certainty that Jesus, not a proxy, is coming back. The same resurrected Christ who ascended (Acts 1:11) will personally return, just as He promised: “I will come back and welcome you into My presence” (John 14:3). Because the Lord is the one acting, His people can rest in His unfailing character and power.


Will descend from heaven

Christ’s coming is literal and visible.

• Heaven is His present dwelling (Philippians 3:20), and He will step from that realm into ours.

Revelation 19:11 pictures heaven opening as the victorious King rides forth.

His descent answers centuries of prayer—“Your kingdom come”—and signals the end of the Church’s pilgrimage on earth.


With a loud command

The return is announced, not whispered.

• Jesus once shouted outside Lazarus’s tomb and a dead man walked (John 11:43); His end-time command will be even more sweeping.

John 5:28-29 affirms that “all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come out.”

Psalm 47:5 ties divine triumph to “shouts of joy,” hinting at the same royal authority on display here.

This thunderous call leaves no doubt: history has reached its God-appointed climax.


With the voice of an archangel

Angel armies join the proclamation.

Jude 1:9 names Michael as “the archangel,” aligning with Daniel 12:1-2, where Michael’s rise precedes a massive resurrection.

• Angelic participation underscores that the event is cosmic. Heaven’s highest created messenger echoes the King’s command, rallying the hosts for the great gathering.


And with the trumpet of God

Trumpets in Scripture mark divine intervention.

• At Sinai a “very loud trumpet blast” (Exodus 19:16) signaled God’s covenant presence; here the trumpet heralds His covenant fulfillment.

• “The trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52).

• Trumpets also summon and separate—announcing judgment for unbelievers yet joy and deliverance for the redeemed.


And the dead in Christ will be the first to rise

Resurrection order brings comfort.

• Believers who have died are not forgotten; they rise “first,” affirming their union with Christ (1 Corinthians 15:22-23).

• Jesus assured, “Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies” (John 11:25).

Revelation 20:5-6 calls this the “first resurrection,” blessed and holy.

Paul’s point to the Thessalonians—and to us—is pastoral: grieving hearts can be at peace, knowing that departed saints will experience the Lord’s return ahead of the living (1 Thessalonians 4:17 completes the thought).


summary

1 Thessalonians 4:16 paints a vivid, literal picture of Christ’s return: Jesus Himself descends from heaven, His sovereign shout echoed by an archangel and God’s trumpet. The scene shakes the cosmos, breaks every grave, and honors those who have died in Him by raising them first. Because the Lord’s word is sure, believers can face the future with eager expectation and unshakable hope.

(16) For.--A justification of the statement that we shall certainly not prevent the dead; therefore, the words as far as "trump of God" are logically parenthetical; and the proof only begins at "They shall rise first: then we shall be caught up."

With a shout.--The Greek word means a shout of command or encouragement, such as a captain gives to his soldiers, or a boatswain to his crew. It is not necessary to inquire what the command may be, or to whom issued, inasmuch as the word does not always imply any particular orders; nor who is represented as uttering it: the intention is only to convey the notion of the stirring noise, in the midst of which (for the original has "in," not "with") the Lord will descend. It is, however, somewhat particularised by what follows: two notes amid those sounds of mystery strike the ear--the archangel's voice, and the trump of God. Probably, therefore, the "shout of command" is uttered by the "leader of the angels;" and the trump (called "the trump of God" because used for God's purposes) is blown to summon the mustering hosts. In favour of supposing the Lord Himself to utter the cry, may be adduced John 5:25; but, on the other hand, it suits the dignity of the scene better to imagine the loud sound to come rather from one of the heralds of the great army. The preposition "in" is more effective than "with:" it calls attention to the long blast. (Comp. Exodus 19:19.)

Shall rise first.--Not as meaning "shall be the first to rise," as contrasted with non-members of the Church who are to rise later; though that is a scriptural thought (Revelation 20:5-6), the Greek here refuses to be so explained. Rather, "the first thing will be the rising of the dead in Christ," contrasted with what follows--"then, and not till then, shall we be caught up." The same order is carefully observed in 1Corinthians 15:52.

Verse 16. - For; assigning a reason for the above assertion, "because." The Lord himself; not merely the Lord as the chief Person and Actor on that day, in contrast to his saints, but emphatic, "the Lord himself," the Lord in his own proper Person. Shall descend from heaven; where the crucified and risen Jesus is now enthroned, seated at the right hand of God. With a shout; a word denoting a commanding shout as that of a leader to his host when he leads them into the battle, or of the army when it rushes to the fight. Some refer this shout to what follows - the voice of the archangel and the trump of God; but there are three particulars here mentioned. Others attribute it to Christ himself. With the voice of the archangel; or rather, of an archangel. There is only one archangel mentioned in Scripture (Jude 1:9); the word denotes, not "chief angel," but "chief or ruler of the angels." Accordingly, same suppose that Christ himself is here meant, as to him alone, it is asserted, does this title belong; but the Lord and the archangel are here evidently distinguished. Others strangely imagine that the Holy Ghost is here meant. Others fix on the archangel Michael (Jude 1:9). Christ is represented as accompanied by angels to the judgment; and it is futile to inquire who this leader of the angels is. And the trump of God; even as the trumpet sounded at the giving of the Law from Sinai. Also the advent of Christ to judgment is represented as heralded by the sound of a trumpet (Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52). "We are to recognize three particulars, following each other in rapid succession - the commanding shout of the King himself, the voice of the archangel summoning the other angels, and the trump of God which awakens the dead and collects believers" (Riggen-bach). And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Some suppose that the reference here is to the first resurrection; that the righteous, "the dead in Christ," shall rise before the wicked, "the dead not in Christ;" and that a thousand years, or the millennium, will intervene between the first and second resurrections (Revelation 20:4, 5). But this is an entirely erroneous supposition. All that is here asserted is that the dead in Christ shall rise before the living in Christ shall be changed; there is no contrast between the dead in Christ and the dead not in Christ, nor any allusion to the resurrection of the wicked.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

Himself
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

will descend
καταβήσεται (katabēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

from
ἀπ’ (ap’)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

heaven
οὐρανοῦ (ouranou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

a loud command,
κελεύσματι (keleusmati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2752: A word of command, a call, an arousing outcry. From keleuo; a cry of incitement.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the voice
φωνῇ (phōnē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5456: Probably akin to phaino through the idea of disclosure; a tone; by implication, an address, saying or language.

of an archangel,
ἀρχαγγέλου (archangelou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 743: A ruler of angels, a superior angel, an archangel. From archo and aggelos; a chief angel.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] trumpet
σάλπιγγι (salpingi)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4536: A trumpet, the sound of a trumpet. Perhaps from salos; a trumpet.

of God,
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

dead
νεκροὶ (nekroi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Christ
Χριστῷ (Christō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

will be the first to rise.
ἀναστήσονται (anastēsontai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 450: To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.


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NT Letters: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will descend (1 Thess. 1 Thes. 1Th iTh i Th)
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