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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:6

This is the only record of this particular appearance in the New Testament. That Jesus appeared to so many people at one time is evidence that His resurrection body was not a spirit. Many people testified that they had seen Him on this single occasion. Since the Resurrection took place about 23 years before Paul wrote this epistle, it is reasonable that the majority of this group of witnesses was still alive. Any skeptical Corinthians could check with them. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the DeadSome Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ’s Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this would soon follow, but in their own future resurrection. This occasioned him to write this grand chapter, which has cheered the hearts of so many mourners, read, as the greater part of it is, at the burial of the dead. He first (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) repeats the historical evidence for Christ’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 15:6

(6) Fallen asleep.—The same word is used of Stephen’s death (see Acts 7:60), so also in 1 Corinthians 15:18. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

What Is the Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1 I. A Gospel of Mercy. It is a Gospel of mercy. There are three points about it. (a) Its efficacy. 'The Gospel which ye have received, and wherein ye stand.' The first Christians received this great message of God's truth as coming not from man. It was not St Paul's Gospel; he merely handed it on. It could not be improved by his own witness. This message the people received, and on the strength and truth of this message they stood. So the Christian today... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-34

Chapter 21THE RESURRECTION OF CHRISTI. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREEDPAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the other various difficulties which were distracting the Corinthian Church, turns at last to a matter of prime importance and perennial interest: the resurrection of the body. This great subject he handles not in the abstract, but with a view to the particular attitude and beliefs of the Corinthians. Some of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

III. RESURRECTION AND THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH AND CONCLUSION: CHAPTERS 15-16 1. Resurrection and the Hope of the Church. CHAPTER 15 1. The Gospel and the Resurrection of Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11 .) 2. If Christ were not raised--then what? (1 Corinthians 15:12-19 .) 3. Christ the Firstfruits and what follows. (1 Corinthians 15:20-28 .) 4. Further practical arguments about Resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:29-34 .) 5. Concerning the Resurrection of the Body. (1 Corinthians 15:35-49 .)... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:6

15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at {d} once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.(d) Not at several different times, but together and at one instant. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is the very basis of the existence of the Church of God. So the reality of His resurrection is first considered, then its significance as connected with the resurrection of believers, proving beyond doubt that the first is the pattern and assurance of the second. Paul had preached to them the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD They were not only questions of casuistry that disturbed this church, but deeper ones especially that of the resurrection of the dead. We may gather the real nature of this difficulty by the manner of Paul’s treatment of it. He dwells on the fact of Christ’s resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1-11 ), in which he furnished incidentally a definition of the Gospel he preached. This consists of just three counts, Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. The... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The Resurrection of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:0 There is no need of any other creed than that which is to be found within the four corners of this chapter. It would be easy to show that all Christian history, all Christian thought, all Christian doctrine, may be found in these fifty-eight verses. We have the Old Testament; we have the revelation of Christ, and the work of Christ in every aspect; we have the counteraction of the old Adamic failure: we have the rule and kingship of the Son of God;... read more

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