Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
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Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
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After that appered he to Iames then to all the Apostles.
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After that, he was seene of Iames: then of all the Apostles.
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Passages linked to 1 Corinthians 15:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 24:50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
- Acts 1:2-12 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom. Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.” When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing, who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.” Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
- Luke 24:33 They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
- Luke 24:36 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
- Acts 12:17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 7 After that, he was seen of James; then…
7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
Ver. 7. Seen of James] This is not mentioned in the Gospel, as neither that of Peter, 1Co 15:5.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Scripture tells us nothing, in the history of…
The Scripture tells us nothing, in the history of the gospel, of Christ’s appearing to James; but we read of two appearances to the apostles besides these, which the apostle had before mentioned.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain After that he was seen of James,.... Not James…
After that he was seen of James,.... Not James the son of Zebedee, and brother of John, though he was seen by him with other disciples, Joh 20:19 who was now dead when the apostle wrote this, having been killed by Herod many years ago, Act 12:2 and so not quite so proper a witness to be mentioned; but James the son of Alphaeus, and brother of our Lord, a man of great fame and credit with the Jews, and still living, and therefore a proper and pertinent evidence. This appearance was made unto him when alone; and though the Scripture elsewhere makes no mention of it, there is no room to doubt it, since the apostle here affirms it. As for the account of the appearance of Christ to this James, immediately, after his resurrection, recorded by Jerom as he found it in the Gospel according to the Hebrews, it seems to be fabulous. His account is this (h);
"the Gospel written according to the Hebrews, which was lately translated by me into the Greek and Latin tongues, and which Origen often uses, relates, after the resurrection of the Saviour, that when the Lord had given the linen cloth to the priest's servant, he went to James, and appeared to him: for James had swore that he would not taste any bread from the time he had drank the cup of the Lord, until he saw him rising from the dead. Again, a little after, bring me, says the Lord, the table and the bread; and it is immediately added, he took the bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave it to James the just, and said unto him, my brother, eat thy bread, for the son of man is risen from the dead.''
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Then of all the apostles; at the Mount of Olives, when he led them out of Jerusalem, as far as Bethany, blessed them, and was parted from them, and ascended to heaven out of their sight, Luk 24:50 so that this was the last appearance of him on earth after his resurrection.
(h) Catalog. Script. Eccles. sect. 3. fol. 90. 1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Then by all the apostles - The twelve were…
Then by all the apostles - The twelve were mentioned ver. 5. This title here, therefore, seems to include the seventy; if not all those, likewise, whom God afterwards sent to plant the gospel in heathen nations.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. After that, he was seen of James]…
Verse 7. After that, he was seen of James] But where, and on what occasion, we are not told; nor indeed do we know which James is intended; James the son of Zebedee, or James the son of Alpheus. But one thing is sufficiently evident, from what is here said, that this James, of whom the apostle speaks, was still alive; for the apostle's manner of speaking justifies this conclusion.
Then of all the apostles.] Including, not only the eleven, but, as some suppose, the seventy-two disciples.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain After that, he was seen of James - This…
After that, he was seen of James - This appearance is not recorded by the evangelists. It is mentioned in the fragment of the apocryphal Gospel according to the Hebrews, which is, however, of no authority. It is probable that the Lord Jesus appeared often to the disciples, since he was 40 days on earth after his resurrection, and the evangelists have only mentioned the more prominent instances, and enough to substantiate the fact of his resurrection. This James, the fathers say, was James the Less, the brother or cousin-german of the Lord Jesus. The other James was dead (see Act 12:1) when this Epistle was written. This James, the author of the Epistle that bears his name, was stationed in Jerusalem. When Paul went there, after his return from Arabia, he had an interview with James (see Gal 1:19, “But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother”), and it is highly probable that Paul would state to him the vision which he had of the Lord Jesus on his way to Damascus, and that James also would state to Paul the fact that he had seen him after he rose. This may be the reason why Paul here mentions the fact, because he had it from the lips of James himself.
Then of all the apostles - By all the apostles. Perhaps the occasion at the sea of Galilee, recorded in Joh 21:14. Or it is possible that he frequently met the apostles assembled together, and that Paul means to say, that during the forty days after his resurrection he was often seen by them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain He was seen by James. The time is not…
He was seen by James. The time is not mentioned in the gospels. (Witham)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain seen of James--the Less, the brother of our Lord…
seen of James--the Less, the brother of our Lord (Gal 1:19). The Gospel according to the Hebrews, quoted by JEROME [On Illustrious Men, p. 170 D.], records that "James swore he would not eat bread from the hour that he drank the cup of the Lord, till he should see Him rising again from the dead."
all the apostles--The term here includes many others besides "the Twelve" already enumerated (Co1 15:5): perhaps the seventy disciples (Luk 10:1) [CHRYSOSTOM].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. James—Half brother of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem,…
7. James—Half brother of the Lord, bishop of Jerusalem, author of the Epistle of James. See notes on Mat_10:3; and Act_12:2.
All the apostles—Probably the same as mentioned in Act_1:4.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. of James] It would seem from this (see…
7. of James] It would seem from this (see Stanley and Alford) that St James was an Apostle. But it does not necessarily follow that he was one of the twelve. See Professor Plumptre’s elaborate note on the brethren of our Lord in the Commentary on St James in this series.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Seen of James. The "James" intended is undoubtedly the…
Seen of James. The "James" intended is undoubtedly the only James then living, who was known to the whole Christian Church, namely, "the Lord"s brother," the author of the Epistle, and the Bishop of Jerusalem. (Gal_2:9; Act_15:13 Act_21:18) James the son of Zebedee had by this time been martyred, and James the son of Alphaeus was never much more than a name to the Church in general. There is no mention of this appearance in the Gospel; but in the Gospel of the Hebrews was a curious legend (preserved in St. Jerome, "De Virr. Illust.," 2.) that James had made a vow that he would neither eat nor drink till he had seen Jesus risen from the dead, and that Jesus, appearing to him, said, "My brother, eat thy bread, for the Son of man is risen from the dead." The truth of the appearance is strongly supported by the fact that James, like the rest of the Lord"s "brothers," "did not believe" in Christ before the Crucifixion, whereas after the Resurrection we find him and the rest of "the Lord"s brothers" ardently convinced (Joh_12:3-5; Act_1:14 Act_9:5, etc.) Of all the apostles. (Act_1:3; Luk_24:50) James the Lord"s brother was only an apostle in the wider sense of the word.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 7. After that he was seen by James. James,…
7. After that he was seen by James. James, the Lord's brother, not James the apostle. This James was prominent, when Paul wrote, as the chief bishop at Jerusalem (Acts 15:13; Acts 21:18) and the author of the epistle of James. James, the apostle, had been killed by Herod (Acts 12:2). Then of all the apostles. See Luke 24:50.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain then he appeared to James [This was the one…
then he appeared to James [This was the one called "the brother of our Lord," and "James the just." Though Paul speaks of him as an apostle ( Gal_1:19 ), he was not one of the twelve. But he was prominent in that day as a chief elder at Jerusalem ( Act_15:13 ; Act_21:18 ; Gal_2:9 ; Gal_2:11 ). He was author of the Epistle which bears his name. The appearance here mentioned evidently converted James, for before the resurrection the brethren of our Lord did not believe on him--comp. Joh_12:3-5 ; Act_1:14 ; Act_9:5 ]; then to all the apostles [ Act_1:3 ];
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:7 This James was almost certainly Jesus’ brother, who…
15:7 This James was almost certainly Jesus’ brother, who became a leader of the Jerusalem church after Jesus’ death (see Mark 6:3; John 7:1-5; Gal 1:19; cp. Acts 12:17; 15:13; 21:18).
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