The other references are mostly instructions to sing (Ephesians 5:19 Colossians 3:16 James 5:13). Still, there are only two descriptions of people actually singing: Jesus and the disciples at the end of the Last Supper (Matthew 26:30) and Paul and Silas in the Philippian jail (Acts 16:25) Jesus perhaps metaphorically sings in Hebrews 2:12. References to singing are more commonly literal in the New Testament. It’s not clear if these are literal trumpets or some other kind of heavenly herald. The other uses are heralding events of the end times, whether the rapture (1 Corinthians 15:52 1 Thessalonians 4:16), Jesus’ second coming (Matthew 24:31), or the seven trumpets of the tribulation judgment (Revelation 8:2, 6, 13 9:14). In one case, Jesus uses the term to admonish people not to announce when they give to the poor (Matthew 6:2). Even the literal sounding of a trumpet is a symbol for the announcement of an event.
Sinai (Hebrews 12:19) and the voice that tells the apostle John to write what he sees (Revelation 1:10 4:1). Several voices are compared to a trumpet, including God’s at Mt. In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the older son hears music at the celebration for the younger son’s return (Luke 15:25). At Babylon’s destruction, harpists, pipers, trumpeters, and other musicians will no longer be heard (Revelation 18:22). Descriptions of musical sounds include a sound from heaven introducing the new song of the 144,000 (Revelation 14:2). Metaphors include the uselessness of a harp, pipe, or trumpet that can’t be heard (1 Corinthians 14:7–8) and a comparison of John the Baptist’s asceticism to Jesus’ freedom to eat and drink (Matthew 11:17). The other references to musical instruments in the New Testament are either metaphors or descriptions of sounds. The only instruments specifically mentioned as being played in the New Testament are flutes at Jairus’ daughter’s wake (Matthew 9:23), harps played by the 24 elders before God’s throne (Revelation 5:6) and the tribulation saints (Revelation 15:2), and the trumpets that herald some end-time events, including the rapture (1 Corinthians 15:52). The early church more regularly used singing for both praise and training. The New Testament mentions instruments in the context of celebrating (Luke 15:25) and mourning (Matthew 9:23) but not for worship in the church or synagogue. After the destruction of the temple in AD 70, Jews no longer used instruments in the synagogues, in part as a form of mourning and in part as a way of distinguishing themselves from pagan worship practices. Instead of a temple choir, services typically had a single layman cantor.
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This meant the typical worship experience did not include professional temple musicians, and the music became downscaled. By the time of the New Testament, synagogues had become a common local fixture.
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