1 Corinthians 15:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. Seen of James - the less, the brother of our Lord (Galatians 1:19). The Gospel according to the Hebrews (Jerome, 'Catalogus Scriptorium Ecclesiasticorum,' p. 170 D.) records that 'James swore he would not eat bread from the hour that he drank the cup of the Lord until he should see Him rising again from the dead.'

All the apostles. The term includes many others besides "the twelve" (1 Corinthians 15:5); perhaps the seventy, (Luke 10:1-42).

1 Corinthians 15:7

7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.