1 Corinthians 15:3-6 KJV

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:3

For I delivered unto you first of all - Εν προτοις· As the chief things, or matters of the greatest importance; fundamental truths. That which I - received - By revelations from God himself, and not from man. That Christ died for our sins - The death of Jesus Christ, as a vicarious sacrifice for sin, is εν πρωτοις ; among the things that are of chief importance, and is essential to the Gospel scheme of salvation. According to the Scriptures - It is not said any where in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:5

That he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve - This refers to the journey to Emmaus, Luke 24:13 , Luke 24:34 ; and to what is related Mark 16:14 . Then of the twelve - Instead of δωδεκα , twelve, ενδεκα , eleven, is the reading of D*EFG, Syriac in the margin, some of the Slavonic, Armenian, Vulgate, Itala, and several of the fathers; and this reading is supported by Mark 16:14 . Perhaps the term twelve is used here merely to point out the society of the apostles, who,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:6

Above five hundred brethren at once - This was probably in Galilee, where our Lord had many disciples. See Matthew 28:16 . What a remarkable testimony is this to the truth of our Lord's resurrection! Five hundred persons saw him at one time; the greater part of whom were alive when the apostle wrote, and he might have been confronted by many if he had dared to assert a falsity. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:3

Verse 3 3.For I delivered to you first of all He now confirms what he had previously stated, by explaining that the resurrection had been preached by him, and that too as a fundamental doctrine of the gospel. First of all, says he, as it is wont to be with a foundation in the erecting of a house. At the same time he adds to the authority of his preaching, when he subjoins, that he delivered nothing but what he had received, for he does not simply mean that he related what he had from the report... read more

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:3

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