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But now (nuni de). Emphatic form of nun with ̇i added (cf. 1Co 12:18). It is the logical triumph of Paul after the reductio ad impossibile (Findlay) of the preceding argument.
The first-fruits (aparchē). Old word from aparchomai, to offer firstlings or first-fruits. In lxx for first-fruits. In papyri for legacy-duty, entrance-fee, and also first-fruits as here. See also 1Co 15:23; 1Co 16:15; Rom 8:23, etc. Christ is “first-born from the dead” (Col 1:18). Others raised from the dead died again, but not so Jesus.
That sleep (tōn kekoimēmenōn). Perfect middle participle as in Mat 27:52 which see. Beautiful picture of death from which word (koimaomai) comes our cemetery.