1 Corinthians 15:6 (WEB)
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
Catechism · 1
“Peter and the Twelve are the primary "witnesses to his Resurrection", but they are not the only ones - Paul speaks clearly of more than five hundred persons to whom Jesus appeared on a single occasion and also of James and of all the apostles.” — Catechism footnote: I Cor 15:4-8; cf. Acts 1:22.
Fathers and councils · 13
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.62Book II
“And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 3–8.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…of Cephas, then of the twelve; (for if thou believe not the one witness, thou hast twelve witnesses;) then He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; (if they disbelieve the twelve, let them admit the five hundred;) after that He was seen of James, His own brother, and first Bishop of this diocese.” — editor's note: Ib. 5, 6.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“…from the dead he appeared first to Cephas, then to the twelve, and after them to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom some had fallen asleep; but the majority were still living at the time he wrote.” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. xv. 5–7.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
“(1 Cor. 15:6.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Whence also those five hundred brethren to whom our Lord appeared after His resurrection?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“First then were the Jews: for thence were the Apostles, thence those more than five hundred brethren, thence that later multitude, who had but one heart and one soul toward God.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“…“been saved:” for out of them were the twelve Apostles, out of them more than five hundred brethren, to whom the Lord showed Himself after His Resurrection: out of their number were so many thousands baptized, who laid the price of their possessions at the Apostles’ feet.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“Whence those five hundred, who saw the Lord after His resurrection, whom the Apostle Paul commemorates?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“For by this time He had baptized more than John, and had multitudes of disciples, as the same evangelists repeatedly testify; and from among these followers He also drew those five hundred brethren, to whom the Apostle Paul tells us that He showed Himself after His resurrection.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 3–8.
Read the whole comment“Many of the Jews then believed in the Lord; from them were the Apostles chosen; of them were the more than five hundred brethren, to whom it was vouchsafed to see the Lord after His resurrection; of them were the hundred and twenty in the house, when the Holy Ghost came down.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“For he says, “That He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 6.
Read the whole comment“Whence the five hundred brethren, to all of whom at once He would not have appeared after His resurrection had they not previously believed on Him?” — editor's note: I Cor. xv. 6.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus II.62.
Cited together in Eusebius of Caesarea on Luke 24:36–40 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §642.