So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
Verse 42. So also is the resurrection. In a manner similar to the grain that is sown, and to the different degrees of splendour and magnificence in the bodies in the sky and on the earth. The dead shall be raised in a manner analogous to the springing up of grain; and there shall be a difference between the body here and the body in the resurrection. It is sown.
And so it is written,.... In Gen 2:7 the first man Adam was made a living soul: in the Hebrew text it is, man, or Adam, became, or was made a living soul; that is, as the apostle says, "the first man Adam": he calls him, as the Jews (a) frequently do, , "the first man"; he was the first man that was made, and...
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