The Resurrection, Pt. 2
1 Corinthians 15:3-8
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.”
Apart from the testimony of the disciples, the oldest testimony to the resurrection of Jesus comes from the apostle Paul in the passage above. Paul became a Christian approximately one year after the death of Christ. In Corinth, he shares with the Corinthians the testimony he himself received from the disciples after the Lord appeared to him. Listen to Pastor John read James Denney’s writing on this subject.