SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:3
Porque primeramente os he enseado lo que asimismo yo aprendí: Que Cristo muri por nuestros pecados, conforme a las Escrituras;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:3
Verse 3. For I delivered unto you first of all] en protoiv? As the chief things, or matters of the greatest importance; fundamental truths. That which I-received] By revelations from God himself, and not from man.
That Christ died for our sins] The death of Jesus Christ, as a vicarious sacrifice for sin, is en prwtoiv; among the things that are of chief importance, and is essential to the Gospel scheme of salvation.
According to the Scriptures] It is not said any where in the Scriptures, in express terms, that Christ should rise on the third day; but it is fully implied in his types, as in the case of Jonah, who came out of the belly of the fish on the third day; but particularly in the case of Isaac, who was a very expressive type of Christ; for, as his being brought to the Mount Moriah, bound and laid on the wood, in order to be sacrificed, pointed out the death of Christ; so his being brought alive on the third day from the mount was a figure of Christ's resurrection. Bishop Pearce and others refer to Matt. xii. 40; xvi. 21; and Luke ix. 22; "which two Gospels, having been written at the time when Paul wrote this epistle, were properly called by the name of the Sacred Scriptures." It might be so; but I do not know of one proof in the New Testament where its writings, or any part of them, are called the Scriptures.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. For I delivered unto you first of all , etc.] Not only in the first place as to order; but among the chief and principal things, as the words will bear to be rendered, this was insisted on in his ministry; this was one he after relates, even a crucified Christ, or the doctrine of his dying for the sins of his people; and which he mentions to lead on to his resurrection; which he meant to improve, and does improve, in a very strong manner, in favour of the resurrection of the saints. This doctrine of a crucified Saviour, which he at first determined only to make known among them, and did make known, was what he fully and faithfully delivered to them, as he had received it: that which also I received ; not from men, but from Christ; for from him he had the doctrines of the Gospel, as well as the ordinances of it; and he delivered nothing to be believed and practised, but what he had received, and which ought to be the practice and conduct of every Gospel minister; whatever they have received they should deliver, and nothing else: and especially the following important doctrine, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures ; that is, of the Old Testament, the writings of Moses, and the prophets, according to Scripture promises, Scripture types, and Scripture prophecies; particularly ( Genesis 3:15 Psalm 22:1-31 Isaiah 53:1-12) ( Daniel 9:24-27) which declare that his heel was to be bruised, that he should be brought to the dust of death, should pour out his soul unto death, and be stricken and cut off in a judicial way, and that for sins; not his own, but for the sins of his people, in order to atone for them, procure the pardon of them, take them away, make an end of them, and abolish them; all which he has done, as the Gospel declares, and the apostle affirms; and thereby was accomplished what Moses and the prophets did say should come to pass.
Every promise, type, and prophecy recorded in the law, in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning his sufferings and death, had their fulfilment in him; nothing was more clearly prefigured and foretold, and nothing more punctually and fully answered.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - The word resurrection, usually points out our existence beyond the grave. Of the apostle's doctrine not a trace can be found in all the teaching of philosophers. The doctrine of Christ's death an resurrection, is the foundation of Christianity. Remove this, and all our hopes for eternity sink at once. And it is by holding this trut firm, that Christians stand in the day of trial, and are kept faithfu to God. We believe in vain, unless we keep in the faith of the gospel This truth is confirmed by Old Testament prophecies; and many saw Christ after he was risen. This apostle was highly favoured, but he always had a low opinion of himself, and expressed it. When sinner are, by Divine grace, turned into saints, God causes the remembrance of former sins to make them humble, diligent, and faithful. He ascribes to Divine grace all that was valuable in him. True believers, though no ignorant of what the Lord has done for, in, and by them, yet when the look at their whole conduct and their obligations, they are led to fee that none are so worthless as they are. All true Christians believ that Jesus Christ, and him crucified, and then risen from the dead, in the substance of Christianity. All the apostles agreed in thi testimony; by this faith they lived, and in this faith they died.
Greek Textus Receptus
παρεδωκα 3860 5656 V-AAI-1S γαρ 1063 CONJ υμιν 5213 P-2DP εν 1722 PREP πρωτοις 4413 A-DPM ο 3739 R-ASN και 2532 CONJ παρελαβον 3880 5627 V-2AAI-1S οτι 3754 CONJ χριστος 5547 N-NSM απεθανεν 599 5627 V-2AAI-3S υπερ 5228 PREP των 3588 T-GPF αμαρτιων 266 N-GPF ημων 2257 P-1GP κατα 2596 PREP τας 3588 T-APF γραφας 1124 N-APF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
3. That Christ, etc. Stanley remarks that vers. 1-11 contain the earliest known specimen of what may be called the creed of the early Church, differing, indeed, from what is properly called a creed, in being rather a sample of the exact form of the apostle's early teaching, than a profession of faith on the part of converts. See his dissertation in the commentary on Corinthians.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
15:3 {First of all} (en prwtois). Among first things. _In primis_. Not to time, but to importance. {Which I also received} (ho kai parelabon). Direct revelation claimed as about the institution of the Lord's Supper (#11:23) and same verbs used (paredwka, parelabon). Four items given by Paul in explaining "the gospel" which Paul preached. Stanley calls it (verses #1-11) the creed of the early disciples, but "rather a sample of the exact form of the apostle's early teaching, than a profession of faith on the part of converts" (Vincent). The four items are presented by four verbs (died, apeqanen, was buried, etafe, hath been raised, egegertai, appeared, wfqe). {Christ died} (cristos apeqanen). Historical fact and crucial event. {For our sins} (huper twn hamartiwn hemwn). huper means literally over, in behalf, even instead of (#Ga 3:13), where used of persons. But here much in the sense of peri (#Ga 1:14) as is common in _Koin_. In #1Pe 3:18 we have peri hamartiwn, huper adikwn. {According to the Scriptures} (kata tas grafas). As Jesus showed (#Lu 22:37; 24:25) and as Peter pointed out (#Ac 2:25-27; 3:35) and as Paul had done (#Ac 13:24f.; 17:3). Cf. #Ro 1:2ff.
