There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
The objection cuts two ways: how can the dead be raised at all, and what sort of body will they wear? The first doubters deny God has the power; the second merely wonder at the form. But look at the corn you sow each year, it must rot before it springs up alive. If God quickens grain, why call it impossible that He raises men?
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:35-50
celestial bodies--not the sun, moon, and stars, which are first introduced in Co1 15:41, but the bodies of angels, as distinguished from the bodies of earthly creatures. the glory of the celestial-- (Luk 9:26). glory of . . . terrestrial-- (Mat 6:28-29; Pe1 1:24).
Verse 40. There are also celestial bodies. The planets; the stars; the host of heaven. See . And bodies terrestrial. On earth; earthly. He refers here to the bodies of men, beasts, birds, etc.; perhaps, also, of trees and vegetables. The sense is, "There is a great variety of bodies. Look upon the heavens, and see the splendour of the sun, the moon, and the stars.