What Does “Latter” Mean in the Bible?
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- In the Bible: Paul calls Jesus “the last Adam.” Peter says that “in the last days” God will pour out his Spirit.
Where it appears in the Bible
1 Corinthians 15:45; Acts 2:17
What the Bible says
1 Corinthians 15:45
The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.
Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “latter”