1 Corinthians 15:5

And that he was seen of Cephas,.... Or Simon Peter; for Cephas was a name given him by Christ, Joh 1:42. This was not another Cephas, one of the seventy disciples, as Clemens suggests (g), but the…

And that he was seen of Cephas - Peter; See the note at Joh 1:42. The resurrection of Christ was A fact to be proved, like all other facts, by competent and credible witnesses. Paul, therefore,…

That he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve - This refers to the journey to Emmaus, Luk 24:13, Luk 24:34; and to what is related Mar 16:14.

Then of the twelve - Instead of δωδεκα, twelve, ενδεκα,…

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, Co1 15:12. Whether they turned this…

of Cephas See Luk 24:34. St Paul and St John alone use the Aramaic form of the Apostle's surname, the former only in this Epistle and once in the Epistle to the Galatians. This, coupled with the fact…