1 Cor. 15:8 in context
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1 Cor. 15:7      1 Cor. 15:9

First letter to the Corinthians 15:8

and last of all he appeared to me [Paul],
as to one born prematurely.
[Jesus appeared in a flash of light when Paul, then known as Saul, was on his way to Damascus to imprison Christians, see Acts 9:3. A premature baby rarely survived birth, i.e., was doomed to certain death, an image of Paul's unexpected salvation and calling as an apostle. When Paul writes this letter, he has had an argument with Peter, see Gal. 2:11–14. Here he gives Peter first place and himself last. Paul began by writing about the divisions where "one held to Paul and another to Peter," see 1 Cor. 1:12–13. Here he now reverses the order and shows how Peter and Paul stand together as witnesses to the risen Jesus.
There is also a literary parallelism with an anticlimax. Both sections begin with one person. Peter begins the first, followed by the twelve and then 500 people (verses 5-6). The second section begins with James, followed by the apostles, and then one expects a large number in the same way as in the first section. Instead of 500 people, most of whom are still alive, Paul's name comes as an anticlimax, like a premature baby.]
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Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

ἔσχατον   δὲ   πάντων   ὡσπερεὶ   τῷ   ἐκτρώματι   ὤφθη   κἀμοί.  

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The greek text has 8 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G2078
 ἔσχατον (eschaton)
 Last
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
A-ASN
G1161
 δὲ (de)
 then
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3956
 πάντων (panton)
 of all,
Adjective Adjective
gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral
A-GPN
G5619
 ὡσπερεὶ (osperei)
 as
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3588
 τῷ (to)
 an
Definite article Definite article
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
T-DSN
G1626
 ἐκτρώματι (ektromati)
 untimely birth,
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN
G3708
 ὤφθη (ophthe)
 He appeared
VERB Verb
aorist pass. ind. aorist passive indicative
sing. third person singular
V-API-3S
G2504
 κἀμοί. (kamoi.)
 also to me.
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
dative sing. first person dative singular
P-1DS

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