Quote#Death
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,…
Quote byGeorge Frideric Handel · 1685–1759
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Messiah (1741).
English (original)
The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
— George Frideric Handel
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