John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:5
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 F7 Apud Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 1. c. 12. , 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... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:4
And that he was buried ,.... That is, according to the Scriptures; for as he died and rose again according to the Scriptures, he was buried according to them; which speak of his being in hell, in "sheol", in the grave, and of his making his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, Psalm 16:10 and which had their accomplishment through Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man, who begged the body of Jesus, wrapped in linen, and laid it in his own new tomb. And besides these Scripture... read more