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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

Apostolic preaching. St. Paul magnified the function of preaching. He could leave the baptism of converts and the details of Church business to others, but devoted himself to the proclamation and defence of the truth, No encounter of resistance or neglect could turn him away from preaching Christ, or make him ashamed of the gospel. His occupation gave him a deep and solemn joy. I. THE SUBJECT OF PREACHING . "We preach Christ crucified;" not Christianity, but Christ; not even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:22-25

Christianity viewed in three aspects. "For the Jews require a sign," etc. Our subject is Christianity; and here we see it in three aspects. I. As associated with a GREAT FACT . "Christ crucified." This fact may be looked at: 1. Historically. As an historical fact, it is the most famous, influential, and best authenticated in the annals of time. 2. Theologically. It unfolds the Divine, it rends the veil in the great temple of theological truth, and exposes the inmost... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:23

Christ crucified; r ather perhaps, a crucified Messiah. It was only by slow degrees that the title "the Christ," i.e. the Anointed, the Messiah, passed into the name Christ. A stumbling block. They had for centuries been looking for a regal and victorious Messiah, who should exalt their special privileges. The notion of a suffering and humiliated Messiah, who reduced them to the level of all God's other children, was to them "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence" ( Romans 9:33 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:23

But we - We who are Christian preachers make Christ crucified the grand subject of our instructions and our aims in contradistinction from the Jew and the Greek. They seek, the one miracles, the other wisdom, we glory only in the cross.Christ crucified - The word Christ, the anointed, is the same as the Hebrew name Messiah. The emphasis in this expression is on the word “crucified.” The Jews would make the Messiah whom they expected no less an object of glorifying than the apostles, but they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 1:22-25

1 Corinthians 1:22-25. For the Jews require a sign Demand of the apostles, as they did of their Lord, more signs still, after all they have seen already. And the Greeks Or Gentiles; seek after wisdom The depths of philosophy, and the charms of eloquence. But we preach Christ crucified We proceed to bear our testimony in a plain and historical, not rhetorical or philosophical manner, to the sufferings and death of Christ, endured to expiate the guilt of mankind, and procure for them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Contrasts in wisdom and power (1:18-31)The whole idea of salvation from sin through the death of Christ on the cross appears foolish to the average person, but to believers it shows God’s power (18). God’s way has always been different from that of people in general. Whether they be Greek philosophers, Jewish scholars, or just ordinary citizens, people always think their schemes and ideas are full of wisdom; but God shows them up to be foolish (19-20).God, in his wisdom, saves people by way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 1:23

preach . App-121 . crucified . That is, a crucified Messiah. the . Omit. stumblingblock . Greek. skandalon. Occurs fifteen times. Nine times translated "offence"; once "offend"; thrice "stumblingblock"; elsewhere "occasion to fall, or of stumbling". First occurance: Matthew 13:41 . Instead of the signs of the kingdom promised by the prophets, the One who claimed to be their Messiah was crucified. This staggered them. Greeks . The texts read "Gentiles" ( ethnos ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

1 Corinthians 1:22-24. For the Jews, &c.— Whereas the Jews require signs, and the Gentiles seek after wisdom; 1 Corinthians 1:23. We, nevertheless, preach Christ crucified,—and unto the Gentiles foolishness: 1 Corinthians 1:24. But unto them that are called, both Jews and Gentiles, &c. When we consider how many miracles were continually wrought by and upon the first preachers and converts of Christianity, it may seem an astonishing demand which the Jews are said here to make. From a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 1:23

23. we—Paul and Apollos. Christ crucified—The Greek expresses not the mere fact of His crucifixion, but the permanent character acquired by the transaction, whereby He is now a Saviour (Galatians 3:1) crucified was the stone on which the Jews stumbled (Galatians 3:1- :). The opposition of Jew and Gentile alike shows that a religion so seemingly contemptible in its origin could not have succeeded if it had not been divine. unto the Greeks—the oldest manuscripts read "unto the Gentiles." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

The folly of a crucified Messiah 1:18-25"This paragraph is crucial not only to the present argument (1 Corinthians 1:10 to 1 Corinthians 4:21) but to the entire letter as well. Indeed, it is one of the truly great moments in the apostle Paul. Here he argues, with OT support, that what God had always intended and had foretold in the prophets, he has now accomplished through the crucifixion: He has brought an end to human self-sufficiency as it is evidenced through human wisdom and devices."... read more