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A Victor's Taunt, Not a Question
Commentators explain that Paul is not asking a question out of fear but shouting a triumphant taunt at a defeated enemy. By personifying Death, he mocks its powerlessness in light of Christ's resurrection. For the believer, death has lost its ultimate victory and its terrifying authority. This verse is the climax of Paul's argument, a song of victory over the Christian's final foe.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 15:55
18th Century
Theologian
O death. This triumphant exclamation is the beginning of the fourth division of the chapter—the practical consequences of the doctrine. It…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 15:55
Victory (νικος). Late form of νικη.
O death (θανατε). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 15:55
19th Century
Bishop
O death, where is your sting? In the prophet Hosea, where these words originally occur, the passage reads as follows:
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 15:51–58
19th Century
Preacher
But we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rai…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 15:55
Paul now comes to the conclusion of his argument for the resurrection. God’s people must have more than the natural body to inherit the eternal kin…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 15:55
17th Century
Pastor
O death, where is your sting ?
&c.] These words, with your following clause, are taken out of ([Reference Hosea 13:1…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 15:51–58
17th Century
Minister
Not all saints will die, but all will be changed. In the gospel, many truths, previously hidden in mystery, are made known. Death will never appear…