Who died. Frequently the resurrection is coupled with the death of Christ by Paul, as ch. 4 14; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 2:12; Colossians 3:1-4. Not so here; but the thought of resurrection is supplied in live together with him.

Wake or sleep. Whether we are alive or dead at Christ's appearing. Comp. Romans 14:9. Kaqeudein in N. T. always literally of sleep, except here, and possibly Ephesians 5:14. In Mark 5:39; Luke 8:52, it is contrasted with death. In LXX in the sense of death, Psalms 87:5; Daniel 12:2; 2 Samuel 7:12.

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