1 Corinthians 15:5 - Exposition

Was seen of Cephas ( Luke 24:34 ). The appearances to the women ( John 20:14 , etc.) are omitted, as being evidential rather to the apostles than to the world. The twelve ( John 20:19 , John 20:26 ). Some officious scribes have in some manuscripts altered the word into" the eleven." But "the twelve" is here the designation of an office, and great ancient writers are always indifferent to mere pragmatic accuracy in trifles which involve nothing. To witness to the Resurrection was a main function of "the twelve" ( Acts 2:23 ; Acts 3:15 ; Acts 10:40 , etc.).