1 Corinthians 15:3-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

It is the apostle's business in this chapter to assert and establish the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, which some of the Corinthians flatly denied, 1 Cor. 15:12. Whether they turned this doctrine into allegory, as did Hymeneus and Philetus, by saying it was already past (2 Tim. 2:17), and several of the ancient heretics, by making it mean no more than a changing of their course of life; or whether they rejected it as absurd, upon principles of reason and science; it seems they... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Having confirmed the truth of our Saviour's resurrection, the apostle goes on to refute those among the Corinthians who said there would be none: If Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 1 Cor. 15:12. It seems from this passage, and the course of the argument, there were some among the Corinthians who thought the resurrection an impossibility. This was a common sentiment among the heathens. But against this the apostle... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

In this passage the apostle establishes the truth of the resurrection of the dead, the holy dead, the dead in Christ, I. On the resurrection of Christ. 1. Because he is indeed the first-fruits of those that slept, 1 Cor. 15:20. He has truly risen himself, and he has risen in this very quality and character, as the first-fruits of those who sleep in him. As he has assuredly risen, so in his resurrection there is as much an earnest given that the dead in him shall rise as there was that the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 is both one of the greatest and one of the most difficult chapters in the New Testament. Not only is it in itself difficult, but it has also given to the creed a phrase which many people have grave difficulty in affirming, for it is from this chapter that we mainly derive the idea of the resurrection of the body. The chapter will be far less difficult if we study it against its background, and even that troublesome phrase will become quite clear and acceptable when we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:3

For I delivered unto you first of all ,.... Not only in the first place as to order; but among the chief and principal things, as the words will bear to be rendered, this was insisted on in his ministry; this was one he after relates, even a crucified Christ, or the doctrine of his dying for the sins of his people; and which he mentions to lead on to his resurrection; which he meant to improve, and does improve, in a very strong manner, in favour of the resurrection of the saints. This... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:6

After that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once ,.... Not at, or near Jerusalem, for the number of the disciples that were together there, made but about an hundred and twenty, Acts 1:15 but in Galilee, where Christ, in the days of his flesh, had most chiefly conversed, most frequently preached and wrought his miracles, and where the number of his disciples and followers were very large: here he promised his disciples to go before them, and show himself to them after his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:7

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:8

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... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:8

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