1 Corinthians 15:55

“O death, where is thy sting? etc.] These words, with the following clause, are taken out of (<281314>Hosea 13:14) and that they belong to the times of the Messiah, the ancient Jews acknowledge; and the Chaldee paraphrase interprets them of the Logos, or Word of God, rendering them thus, “my Word shall be among them to kill, and my Word to destroy;” wherefore the apostle is not to be charged with a misapplication of them, nor with a perversion of them, as he is by the Jew f356: in the prophet they are thus read, “O death, I will be thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction”; between which, and the apostle’s citation of them, there is some difference; the word yha, which we render in…”

“Quoted from Hos 13:14, substantially; but freely used by the warrant of the Spirit by which Paul wrote. The Hebrew may be translated, "O death, where are thy plagues? Where, O Hades, is thy destruction?" The Septuagint, "Where is thy victory (literally, in a lawsuit), O death? Where is thy sting, O Hades? . . . Sting" answers to the Hebrew "plagues," namely, a poisoned sting causing plagues. Appropriate, as to the old serpent (Gen 3:14-15; Num 21:6). "Victory" answers to the Hebrew "destruction." Compare Isa 25:7, "destroy . . . veil . . . over all nations," namely, victoriously destroy it; and to "in victory" (Co1 15:54), which he triumphantly repeats. The "where" implies their past…”

““O death.” This triumphant exclamation is the commencement of the fourth division of the chapter, the practical consequences of the doctrine. It is such an exclamation as every man with right feelings will be disposed to make, who contemplates the ravages of death; who looks upon a world where in all forms he has reigned, and who then contemplates the glorious truth, that a complete and final triumph has been obtained over this great enemy of the happiness of man, and that man would die no more. It is a triumphant view which bursts upon the soul as it contemplates the fact that the work of the second Adam has repaired the ruins of the first, and that man is redeemed; his body will be raised;…”

“O death, where is thy sting? - Which once was full of hellish poison. O hades, the receptacle of separate souls, where is thy victory - Thou art now robbed of all thy spoils; all thy captives are set at liberty. Hades literally means the invisible world, and relates to the soul; death, to the body. The Greek words are found in the Septuagint translation of Hos 13:14. Isa 25:8 1 Corinthians 15:56”

“15:55 This quotation (Hos 13:14) assures believers that they have nothing to fear from death. • Death is like the sting of a scorpion.”

“O death: Hos 13:14 sting: Act 9:5; Rev 9:10 \*Gr. grave: or, hell, Luk 16:23; Act 2:27; Rev 20:13, Rev 20:14 \*Gr. is thy victory: Job 18:13, Job 18:14; Psa 49:8-15, Psa 89:48; Ecc 2:15, Ecc 2:16, Ecc 3:19, Ecc 8:8, Ecc 9:5, Ecc 9:6; Rom 5:14 1 Corinthians 15:56”