1 Corinthians 15:6 - Exposition

Above five hundred brethren at once. We cannot be certain whether this memorable appearance took place in Jerusalem or in Galilee. It is, however, most probable that this was the appearance on the mountain ( Matthew 28:16 , Matthew 28:17 ; comp. Matthew 26:32 ). Of whom the greater part remain unto this present. This sentence—a confident contemporary appeal to a very large number of living witnesses, by one who would rather have died than lied—is of the highest evidential value. It shows that the Resurrection was not "a thing done in a corner "( Acts 26:26 ). Fallen asleep. The beautiful and common word for death in the New Testament ( Matthew 27:52 ; John 11:11 ; Acts 7:60 , etc.). Hence the word "cemetery"—"a sleeping place."