But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?

'How are the dead raised?' -'may not deal with the mechanics of the resurrection..That's possible but it's more likely that the last half of the verse explains what the first part has in mind. If they'd been asking by what power, the quick answer would have been, God's! That's not the answer.' (McGuiggan p. 200)

'and with what manner of body do they come?' -Apparently some in Corinth could only see man having one type of body, i.e.. physical body. Some thought the doctrine of the resurrection was ridiculous, because they imagined that such. doctrine taught that decayed corpses would come forth from the grave (i.e. kind of. religious "night of the living dead")

'The body falls apart, it decomposes. Can you see that coming out of the tomb? Someone sniggers.' (McGuiggan p. 200)

Point to Note:

We still face such questions, even among Christians today. 'How is God going to resurrect someone that has been eaten by wild animals, cremated, buried at sea...'

'They wondered how God could restore. body which returned to the dust, passed thence into vegetation, and hence into the bodies of animals and other men.' (McGarvey p. 155)

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