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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord! [John 14:3; 1 Cor 15:52; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; Col 3:4] |
Bible Question: I teach a small Bible study class, in a public school, to alternative education students. Please guide to me to basic scriptures explaining the "rapture." I've explained to them that there are terms we use that aren't in the Bible, but the evidence of Jesus' return is scriptural |
Bible Answer: The English word rapture is not found in English translations of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Rapture is a transliteration of "rapiemur" in the Latin Vulgate New Testament of St. Jerome. 1 Thes 4:17 deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera. Recent "rapture" theology, apart from the basic doctrine of the "Second Coming" is a whole other discussion and only about one hundred years old and is generally attributed to a man named Darby. |