1 Corinthians 15:7

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
He was then seen by James and again by the cowboys.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

Legacy Standard Bible
After that, He appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

Bible in Basic English
Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles.

Darby Translation
Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

Christian Standard Bible®
Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

World English Bible
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
After this he was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

Weymouth's New Testament
Afterwards He was seen by James, and then by all the Apostles.

King James Version (1611)
After that, he was seen of Iames, then of all the Apostles.

Literal Translation
Then He was seen by James, then by all the apostles;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Afterwarde was he sene of Iames, then of all the Apostles.

Mace New Testament (1729)
after that he was seen by James; then by all the apostles.

Amplified Bible
Then He was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

American Standard Version
then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

Revised Standard Version
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
After that appered he to Iames then to all the Apostles.

Update Bible Version
then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

Webster's Bible Translation
After that he was seen by James; then by all the apostles.

Young's Literal Translation
afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

New Century Version
Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.

New English Translation
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Berean Standard Bible
Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Contemporary English Version
He also appeared to James, and then to all of the apostles.

Complete Jewish Bible
Later he was seen by Ya‘akov, then by all the emissaries;

English Standard Version
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Geneva Bible (1587)
After that, he was seene of Iames: then of all the Apostles.

George Lamsa Translation
And after that, he appeared to James; then to all the apostles.

Hebrew Names Version
Then he appeared to Ya`akov, then to all the apostles,

International Standard Version
Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,Luke 24:50; Acts 1:3-4;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And afterward he was seen of Jakub, and after him of all the apostles:

Murdock Translation
And subsequently to this, he was seen by James; and after him, by all the legates.

New King James Version
After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

New Living Translation
Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles.

New Life Bible
After that, James saw Christ. Then all the missionaries saw Him.

English Revised Version
then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

New Revised Standard
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
After that, he appeared unto James, then, unto all the apostles,

Douay-Rheims Bible
After that, he was seen by James: then by all the apostles.

King James Version
After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

Lexham English Bible
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
After that, he was seene of Iames, then of all the Apostles.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then he appeared to James and later to all the apostles.

New American Standard Bible
then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;

Good News Translation
Then he appeared to James, and afterward to all the apostles.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and aftirward to alle the apostlis.

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
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then: Luke 24:50, Acts 1:2-12

Reciprocal: Matthew 10:2 - James Mark 3:18 - James Acts 1:13 - James Acts 12:17 - James

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
God told Abram: "Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you.

Genesis 12:7
God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."

Genesis 15:4
Then God 's Message came: "Don't worry, he won't be your heir; a son from your body will be your heir."

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?"

Genesis 15:17
When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses. That's when God made a covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria—the country of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Romans 4:13
That famous promise God gave Abraham—that he and his children would possess the earth—was not given because of something Abraham did or would do. It was based on God's decision to put everything together for him, which Abraham then entered when he believed. If those who get what God gives them only get it by doing everything they are told to do and filling out all the right forms properly signed, that eliminates personal trust completely and turns the promise into an ironclad contract! That's not a holy promise; that's a business deal. A contract drawn up by a hard-nosed lawyer and with plenty of fine print only makes sure that you will never be able to collect. But if there is no contract in the first place, simply a promise—and God's promise at that—you can't break it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

After that he was seen of James,.... Not James the son of Zebedee, and brother of John, though he was seen by him with other disciples, John 20:19 who was now dead when the apostle wrote this, having been killed by Herod many years ago, Acts 12:2 and so not quite so proper a witness to be mentioned; but James the son of Alphaeus, and brother of our Lord, a man of great fame and credit with the Jews, and still living, and therefore a proper and pertinent evidence. This appearance was made unto him when alone; and though the Scripture elsewhere makes no mention of it, there is no room to doubt it, since the apostle here affirms it. As for the account of the appearance of Christ to this James, immediately, after his resurrection, recorded by Jerom as he found it in the Gospel according to the Hebrews, it seems to be fabulous. His account is this h;

"the Gospel written according to the Hebrews, which was lately translated by me into the Greek and Latin tongues, and which Origen often uses, relates, after the resurrection of the Saviour, that when the Lord had given the linen cloth to the priest's servant, he went to James, and appeared to him: for James had swore that he would not taste any bread from the time he had drank the cup of the Lord, until he saw him rising from the dead. Again, a little after, bring me, says the Lord, the table and the bread; and it is immediately added, he took the bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave it to James the just, and said unto him, my brother, eat thy bread, for the son of man is risen from the dead.''

Then of all the apostles; at the Mount of Olives, when he led them out of Jerusalem, as far as Bethany, blessed them, and was parted from them, and ascended to heaven out of their sight, Luke 24:50 so that this was the last appearance of him on earth after his resurrection.

h Catalog. Script. Eccles. sect. 3. fol. 90. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After that, he was seen of James - This appearance is not recorded by the evangelists. It is mentioned in the fragment of the apocryphal Gospel according to the Hebrews, which is, however, of no authority. It is probable that the Lord Jesus appeared often to the disciples, since he was 40 days on earth after his resurrection, and the evangelists have only mentioned the more prominent instances, and enough to substantiate the fact of his resurrection. This James, the fathers say, was James the Less, the brother or cousin-german of the Lord Jesus. The other James was dead (see Acts 12:1) when this Epistle was written. This James, the author of the Epistle that bears his name, was stationed in Jerusalem. When Paul went there, after his return from Arabia, he had an interview with James (see Galatians 1:19, “But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother”), and it is highly probable that Paul would state to him the vision which he had of the Lord Jesus on his way to Damascus, and that James also would state to Paul the fact that he had seen him after he rose. This may be the reason why Paul here mentions the fact, because he had it from the lips of James himself.

Then of all the apostles - By all the apostles. Perhaps the occasion at the sea of Galilee, recorded in John 21:14. Or it is possible that he frequently met the apostles assembled together, and that Paul means to say, that during the forty days after his resurrection he was often seen by them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 15:7. After that, he was seen of James — But where, and on what occasion, we are not told; nor indeed do we know which James is intended; James the son of Zebedee, or James the son of Alpheus. But one thing is sufficiently evident, from what is here said, that this James, of whom the apostle speaks, was still alive; for the apostle's manner of speaking justifies this conclusion.

Then of all the apostles. — Including, not only the eleven, but, as some suppose, the seventy-two disciples.