Good morning Jeffrey,<\/p>\n
I have a question on what Paul meant in I Corinthians 15:5 when he said Christ appeared to Peter and the 12. If Judas had died by that time, there were only 11. Can you please explain this to me? It has been bugging me for a while now.<\/p>\n\t
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also<\/em>” (I Corinthians 15:3-8).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jesus’ resurrection was a fact, testified to by numerous witnesses:<\/p>\n
\n
- Peter (Luke 24:34)<\/li>\n
- The twelve apostles (Luke 24:36;\u00a0John 20:26)<\/li>\n
- Seen by over 500, most of who were still alive at the time of this writing and could be interviewed.<\/li>\n
- James<\/li>\n
- All the apostles again (Luke 24:50;\u00a0John 21:14;\u00a0Acts 1:2-12)<\/li>\n
- Paul (Acts 9:3-5,\u00a017;\u00a022:14-18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Yet, as you noted Judas Iscariot died before witnessing the resurrection. But Judas was replaced by Matthias: “Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us — beginning with the baptism of John\u00a0until the day that He was taken up from us<\/strong>\u00a0— one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.” So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias. And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles<\/em>” (Acts 1:21-26). Therefore, there were at least two additional disciples who were present when Jesus appeared to the eleven apostles. Luke and John’s account (Luke 24:36; John 20:26) doesn’t limit it to just the eleven in his description. Since Matthias was then an apostle at the time of Paul’s writing, Paul could rightly say that Jesus appeared to the twelve.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Good morning Jeffrey, I have a question on what Paul meant in I Corinthians 15:5 when he said Christ appeared to Peter and the 12. If Judas had died by that time, there were only 11. Can you please explain this to me? It has been bugging me for a while now. Answer: “For…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[793,728,664],"class_list":["post-52221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-apparent-contradictions","tag-i-corinthians","tag-resurrection"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24086,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-did-jesus-stay-around-for-forty-days-after-his-resurrection\/","url_meta":{"origin":52221,"position":0},"title":"Why did Jesus stay around for forty days after his resurrection?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Good day, Brother Jeffrey, I am asking for your help regarding this question: Why did Jesus stay around for 40 days, after He came back from the grave, instead of going immediately into Heaven? I know you are busy answering hundreds of emails every day so I am sorry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55017,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/apostolic-succession-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":52221,"position":1},"title":"Apostolic Succession (Dockens)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bryan Matthew Dockens A number of religions practice so-called apostolic succession. Roman Catholics believe the man they call \"Pope\" is the successor of the apostle Peter. Mormons claim twelve to fifteen apostles at all times. Many Pentecostal congregations identify their preachers as apostles. Such claims are totally inconsistent with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39638,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-many-disciples-were-there\/","url_meta":{"origin":52221,"position":2},"title":"How many disciples were there?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Good Day, My question concerns the number of Jesus's disciples. I read your answer addressing 12 disciples, but isn't there additional biblical evidence that there were somewhere around 70 disciples? Please clarify. Thanks. Answer: The word \"disciple\" simply means a student or follower. When people talk about the twelve\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14358,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-many-roman-soldiers-came-to-the-garden-to-arrest-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":52221,"position":3},"title":"How many Roman soldiers came to the garden to arrest Jesus?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How many Roman soldiers came to the garden to arrest Jesus? Answer: The Scriptures do not say. \"And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with\u00a0a great multitude\u00a0with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people\" (Matthew 26:47). \"And immediately,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3253,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-did-the-twelve-apostles-die\/","url_meta":{"origin":52221,"position":4},"title":"How did the twelve apostles die?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How did each of the 12 original apostles die, and where are the records of their deaths found in the Bible? Answer: The New Testament, for the most part, was written by the apostles or those close to them. As such you would expect the records to end before\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53317,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-resurrection-of-christ-and-the-inspiration-of-the-scriptures\/","url_meta":{"origin":52221,"position":5},"title":"The Resurrection of Christ and the Inspiration of the Scriptures","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Robert H. Farish via Gospel Guardian, April 14, 1960 The evidence by which the resurrection of Christ is proved is the testimony of the apostles. This testimony was originally given orally and later put into writing by the apostles. This testimony asserts not only the miracle of the resurrection\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}