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1 Corinthians 15:8
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Last and least of all, Jesus showed himself to me. I felt like a cowboy who had been born a hundred years too late, but been given the chance to ride in the old ways.
and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.
and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.
And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.
and last of all, as to an abortion, he appeared to *me* also.
Last of all, as to one abnormally born, He also appeared to me.
and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
Last of all he was seen by me also, as an untimely birth.
And last of all, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.
And last of all he was seene of me also, as of one borne out of due time.
and last of all, even as if to one born out of time, He was also seen by me.
Last of all was he sene of me also, as of one borne out of due tyme.
and last of all, he was seen by me too, who am as it were an abortive;
and last of all, as to one untimely (prematurely, traumatically) born, He appeared to me also.
and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also.
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
and last of all, as to the [child] untimely born, he appeared to me also.
And last of all he was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,
Last of all he was seen by me—as by a person not born at the normal time.
Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
Finally, he appeared to me, even though I am like someone who was born at the wrong time.
and last of all he was seen by me, even though I was born at the wrong time.
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
And last of all he was seene also of me, as of one borne out of due time.
And last of all he appeared to me also, ignorant and imperfectly developed as I was.
and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.Acts 9:4,17; 1 Corinthians 9:1;">[xr]
but last of them all, as of an abortion, he was seen also of me.
And last of them all, he was seen by me, as it were by an abortion.
Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him.
Last of all, Christ showed Himself to me as if I had been born too late.
and last of all, as unto one born out of due time, he appeared to me also.
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
And, last of all, just as if unto the unseasonable birth, he appeared, even unto me;
And last of all, he was seen also by me, as by one born out of due tine.
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
and last of all, as it were to one born at the wrong time, he appeared also to me.
And last of all he was seene of me, as of one borne out of due tyme.
Last of all, he appeared to me. I was different, like a baby born before the normal time.
and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.
Last of all he appeared also to me—even though I am like someone whose birth was abnormal.
And last of alle he was seyn also to me, as to a deed borun child.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he was: 1 Corinthians 9:1, Acts 9:3-5, Acts 9:17, Acts 18:9, Acts 22:14, Acts 22:18, Acts 26:16, 2 Corinthians 12:1-6
one born out of due time: or, an abortive
Reciprocal: Numbers 12:12 - of whom Job 3:16 - an hidden Job 42:6 - I Psalms 66:16 - and I will Daniel 2:30 - this secret Matthew 15:27 - Truth Acts 8:19 - General Acts 9:27 - how he had seen Romans 1:1 - called 2 Corinthians 12:11 - though Galatians 1:23 - he which 2 John 1:8 - that we receive
Cross-References
And Zacharias sayde vnto ye angell: Wher by shall I knowe this? seinge that I am olde and my wyfe well stricken in yeares.
Then sayd Mary vnto ye angell: How shall this be seinge I knowe not a man?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And last of all he was seen of me also,.... Either when the apostle was caught up into the third heaven; or when he was in a trance in the temple at Jerusalem; or rather at the time of his conversion, when he not only heard the voice of Christ, but saw him in the human nature; for he expressly says, that he appeared unto him, and he calls it the heavenly vision, Acts 26:16. This was a sight of Christ in heaven, not on earth, such an one as Stephen had, and was a corporeal one; otherwise it would have been impertinent to have mentioned it, with the rest of the ocular testimonies of Christ's resurrection. Not that this was the last time that Christ was seen, or to be seen, for he was seen after this by the Apostle John in a visionary way, and will be corporeally seen by all the saints at the last day; but Paul was the last of the apostles and brethren before named, and he had his vision of Christ after them all; and perhaps it might be a more clear, full, and distinct one than any of the rest, as the last things are sometimes the most excellent. The apostle adds, as of
one born out of due time: or "as an abortive"; not that he was really one, but like one: several learned interpreters think the apostle refers to a proverbial way of speaking among the common people at Rome, who used to call such supernumerary senators in the times of Augustus Caesar, who got into the senate house by favour or bribery, "abortives" i, they being generally very unworthy persons; and therefore calls himself by this name, as being in his own opinion a supernumerary apostle, and very unworthy of that office: though others rather think that he refers to a "posthumous" birth, to one that is born after the death of his father; because that the rest of the apostles were all chosen, and called, and sent forth, whilst Christ, their everlasting Father, was living on earth, but he not till after his death, resurrection from the dead, and ascension to heaven: but it seems best to understand him of an abortion, a miscarriage, or birth before its time; and may respect either the manner of his conversion, which was done both suddenly, immediately, and at once, by a sudden light from heaven, when he little thought of it, and had no expectation of it, which is commonly the case of abortions; and also powerfully and irresistibly, being effected by mighty and efficacious grace, as births before the full time are often occasioned by blows or outward force, and are violent extrusions of the foetus; or else the state and condition in which he was when Christ was first seen by him: as to his bodily state, as soon as ever he saw the light about him, and the object by it, he was struck blind, and continued so some days, like an hidden untimely birth, and like an infant that never saw light, Job 3:16. And as to his spiritual estate, his soul was like an unshapen foetus, Christ being not yet formed in him, his image stamped on him, and his grace implanted in him; yea, it may be applied to the present apprehensions he had of himself, and which he expresses without a figure in the next verse, though in a beautiful manner, with a view to what he here says, when he observes that he was "the least of the apostles, and not meet to be called" one; as an abortive, or one born before its time, is imperfect in one respect or another, is not come to its proper size and shape, and scarcely is to be reckoned in the class and number of men.
i Vid. Sueton. in Vita August. c. 35.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And last of all - After all the other times in which he appeared to people; after he had ascended to heaven. This passage proves that the apostle Paul saw the same Lord Jesus, the same “body” which had been seen by the others, or else his assertion would be no proof that he was risen from the dead. It was not a fancy, therefore, that he had seen him; it was not the work of imagination; it was not even a “revelation” that he had risen; it was a real vision of the ascended Redeemer.
He was seen of me also - On the way to Damascus, see Acts 9:3-6, Acts 9:17.
As of one born out of due time - Margin, Or, “an abortive.” Our translation, to most readers, probably, would not convey the real meaning of this place. The expression, “as of one born out of due time,” would seem to imply that Paul meant to say that there was some unfitness “as to the time” when he saw the Lord Jesus; or that it was “too late” to have as clear and satisfactory a view of him as those had who saw him before his ascension. But this is by no means the idea in the passage. The word used here (ἔκτρωμα ektrōma) properly means an abortion, one born prematurely. It is found no where else in the New Testament; and here it means, as the following verse shows, one that was “exceedingly unworthy;” that was not worth regard; that was unfit to be employed in the service of the Lord Jesus; that had the same relation to that which was worthy of the apostolic office which an abortion has to a living child. The word occurs (in the Septuagint) in Job 3:16; Ecclesiastes 6:3, as the translation of נפל nephel, an abortion, or untimely birth. The expression seems to be proverbial, and to denote anything that is vile, offensive, loathsome, unworthy; see Numbers 12:11. The word, I think, has no reference to the mode of “training” of the apostle, as if he had not had the same opportunity as the others had, and was therefore, compared with their advantages, like an untimely child compared with one that had come to maturity before its birth, as Bloomfield supposes; nor does it refer to his diminutive stature, as Wetstein supposes; but it means that he felt himself “vile,” guilty, unworthy, abominable as a persecutor, and as unworthy to be an apostle. The verse following shows that this is the sense in which the word is used.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Corinthians 15:8. And last of all - of me also — It seems that it was essential to the character of a primitive apostle that he had seen and conversed with Christ; and it is evident, from the history of Saul's conversion, Acts 9:4-7, where see the notes, that Jesus Christ did appear to him; and he pleaded this ever after as a proof of his call to the apostleship. And it does not appear that, after this time, Jesus ever did make any personal discovery of himself to any one.
As of one born out of due time. — The apostle considers himself as coming after the time in which Jesus Christ personally conversed with his disciples; and that, therefore, to see him at all, he must see him in this extraordinary way. Some have entered into a very disgusting detail on the figure used here by the apostle. The words, ωσπερει τω εκτρωματι, signify not merely one born out of due time, but one born before his time; and consequently, not bidding fair for vigour, usefulness, or long life. But it is likely that the apostle had a different meaning; and that he refers to the original institution of the twelve apostles, in the rank of whom he never stood, being appointed not to fill up a place among the twelve, but as an extra and additional apostle. Rosenmuller says that those who were beyond the number of twelve senators were termed abortivi, abortives; and refers to Suetonius in Octavio, cap. 35. I have examined the place, but find no such epithet. According to Suetonius, in that place, they were called orcini-persons who had assumed the senatorial dignity after the death of Julius Caesar, pretending that they had derived that honour from him.
