1 Corinthians 15:8 - Exposition

He was seen of me also. The reference undoubtedly is to the vision on the road to Damascus ( Acts 9:5 ; Acts 22:14 ; Acts 26:16 ). As of one born out of due time; literally, as to the abortive born. The word means "the untimely fruit of a woman," a child born out of the due time or natural course; and hence "diminutive" and "weakly." The Greek ektroma is represented by the Latin abortivus. St. Paul, when he remembered the lateness of his conversion, and his past persecution of the saints, regards himself as standing in this relation to the twelve.