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What Does “Quick And Dead” Mean in the Bible?
In the King James Bible, “Quick And Dead” means “the living and the dead” in modern English. It is an archaic word from the 1611 KJV that has dropped out of everyday use.
What Was Lost
The total scope of judgment. The quick (the living) and the dead -- everyone who has ever existed or ever will exist stands before this Judge. The phrase was a creedal formula (it appears in the Apostles' Creed) that compressed universal judgment into five monosyllables. 'The living and the dead' is accurate but lacks the creedal weight.
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