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1 Corinthians 15:5

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Peter;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Appears, Christ;   Christ;   Dead, the;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Death;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Gospel;   Peter;   Resurrection;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appear, Appearance;   Numbers, Symbolic Meaning of;   Resurrection;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Annihilation;   Omnipotence of God;   Resurrection;   Resurrection of Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Luke, the Gospel According to;   Peter;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confessions and Credos;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Disciples;   History;   Peter;   Preaching in the Bible;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   Tradition;   Word;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Church Government;   Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Eschatology;   Ethics;   Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Baptism;   Caesarea Philippi;   Gospel;   James ;   Numbers;   Paul (2);   Peter;   Preaching Christ;   Resurrection of Christ;   Surname;   Wisdom;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cephas ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Corinthians;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eleven, the;   Ministry;   Paul, the Apostle;   Pauline Theology;   Peter, Simon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 17;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 6;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 1;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
He went and talked to Pete and the other twelve cowboys.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Legacy Standard Bible
and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Bible in Basic English
And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;
Darby Translation
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Christian Standard Bible®
and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
World English Bible
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Afterwards he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once,
Weymouth's New Testament
and was seen by Peter, and then by the Twelve.
King James Version (1611)
And that he was seene of Cephas, then of the twelue.
Literal Translation
and that He appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and that he was sene of Cephas, then of the twolue:
Mace New Testament (1729)
that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve:
Amplified Bible
and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the Twelve.
American Standard Version
and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
Revised Standard Version
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and that he he was sene of Cephas then of the twelve.
Update Bible Version
and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
Webster's Bible Translation
And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve:
Young's Literal Translation
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,
New Century Version
and that he was seen by Peter and then by the twelve apostles.
New English Translation
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Berean Standard Bible
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
Contemporary English Version
Christ appeared to Peter, then to the twelve.
Complete Jewish Bible
and he was seen by Kefa, then by the Twelve;
English Standard Version
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And that he was seene of Cephas, then of the twelue.
George Lamsa Translation
And that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve:
Hebrew Names Version
and that he appeared to Kefa, then to the twelve.
International Standard Version
and he was seen by Cephas,[fn] and then by the twelve.Matthew 28:17; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:34,36; John 20:19,26; Acts 10:41;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he was seen of Kipha, and after him, of the twelve,
Murdock Translation
and that he was seen by Cephas; and after him, by the twelve:
New King James Version
and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
New Living Translation
He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve.
New Life Bible
Christ was seen by Peter. After that, the twelve followers saw Him.
English Revised Version
and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
New Revised Standard
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And that he appeared unto Cephas, then, to the twelve,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that he was seen by Cephas, and after that by the eleven.
King James Version
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
Lexham English Bible
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that he was seene of Cephas, then of the twelue:
Easy-to-Read Version
and that he appeared to Peter and then to the twelve apostles.
New American Standard Bible
and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
Good News Translation
that he appeared to Peter and then to all twelve apostles.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that he was seyn to Cephas, and aftir these thingis to enleuene;

Contextual Overview

1Friends, let me go over the Message with you one final time— this Message that I proclaimed and that you made your own; this Message on which you took your stand and by which your life has been saved. (I'm assuming, now, that your belief was the real thing and not a passing fancy, that you're in this for good and holding fast.) 3The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; that he presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James and the rest of those he commissioned to represent him; and that he finally presented himself alive to me. It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don't deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God's church right out of existence. 10But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I'm not about to let his grace go to waste. Haven't I worked hard trying to do more than any of the others? Even then, my work didn't amount to all that much. It was God giving me the work to do, God giving me the energy to do it. So whether you heard it from me or from those others, it's all the same: We spoke God's truth and you entrusted your lives.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Luke 24:34, Luke 24:35

Cephas: 1 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 1 Corinthians 9:5, John 1:42

then: Mark 16:14, Luke 24:36-49, John 20:19-26, Acts 1:2-14, Acts 10:41

Reciprocal: Mark 16:7 - there John 16:16 - a little while John 20:25 - We Acts 1:3 - he showed Acts 13:31 - he was

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 15:7
God continued, "I'm the same God who brought you from Ur of the Chaldees and gave you this land to own."
Genesis 15:8
Abram said, "Master God , how am I to know this, that it will all be mine?"
Deuteronomy 10:22
When your ancestors entered Egypt, they numbered a mere seventy souls. And now look at you—you look more like the stars in the night skies in number. And your God did it.
1 Chronicles 27:23
David didn't keep a count of men under the age of twenty, because God had promised to give Israel a population as numerous as the stars in the sky. Joab son of Zeruiah started out counting the men, but he never finished. God's anger broke out on Israel because of the counting. As it turned out, the numbers were never entered into the court records of King David.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that he was seen of Cephas,.... Or Simon Peter; for Cephas was a name given him by Christ, John 1:42. This was not another Cephas, one of the seventy disciples, as Clemens suggests g, but the Apostle Peter himself, to whom it is certain the Lord appeared. Not that he was the first person by whom Christ was seen after his resurrection, for he first appeared to Mary Magdalene, Mark 16:9 but the testimony of the women the apostle omits, and it seems as if Peter was the first of the men that saw Christ when risen, see Luke 24:34. Whether he was one of the disciples that went to Emmaus, to whom Christ joined himself, and entered into discourse with, is not certain; it should rather seem, that the appearance here referred to was when he was alone;

then of the twelve; though there were then but eleven of them, Judas being gone from them, and having destroyed himself; and at the first appearance of Christ to them, there were but ten present, Thomas being absent; and yet because their original number, when first chosen and called, were twelve, they still went by the same name; see John 20:24. The appearance or appearances here referred to are those in John 20:19. The Vulgate Latin reads the "eleven"; and so the Claromontane exemplar.

g Apud Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 1. c. 12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And that he was seen of Cephas - Peter; See the note at John 1:42. The resurrection of Christ was A fact to be proved, like all other facts, by competent and credible witnesses. Paul, therefore, appeals to the witnesses who had attested, or who yet lived to attest, the truth of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and shows that it was not possible that so many witnesses should have been deceived. As this was not the first time in which the evidence had been stated to them, and as his purpose was merely to remind them of what they had heard and believed, he does not adduce all the witnesses to the event, but refers only to the more important ones. He does not, therefore, mention the woman to whom the Saviour first appeared, nor does he refer to all the times when the Lord Jesus manifested himself to his disciples. But he does not refer to them in general merely, but mentions “names,” and refers to persons who “were then alive,” who could attest the truth of the resurrection. It may be observed, also, that Paul observes probably the exact “order” in which the Lord Jesus appeared to the disciples, though he does not mention all the instances. For an account of the persons to whom the Lord Jesus appeared after his resurrection, and the order in which it was done, see the notes on the Gospels.

Then of the twelve - The apostles; still called “the twelve,” though Judas was not one of them. It was common to call the apostles “the twelve.” Jesus appeared to the apostles at one time in the absence of Thomas John 20:19, John 20:24; and also to them when Thomas was present, John 20:24-29. Probably Paul here refers to the latter occasion, when all the surviving apostles were present.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 15:5. That he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve — This refers to the journey to Emmaus, Luke 24:13, Luke 24:34; and to what is related Mark 16:14.

Then of the twelve — Instead of δωδεκα, twelve, ενδεκα, eleven, is the reading of D*EFG, Syriac in the margin, some of the Slavonic, Armenian, Vulgate, Itala, and several of the fathers; and this reading is supported by Mark 16:14. Perhaps the term twelve is used here merely to point out the society of the apostles, who, though at this time they were only eleven, were still called the twelve, because this was their original number, and a number which was afterward filled up. See John 20:24.


 
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