- carrying the text with me and reaing it over and over
- reading and re-reading the Greek text
- using commentaries by Ben Witherington, Richard Hays, Gordon Fee, Craig Blomberg, and N.T. Wright
3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures...
Brown, a brilliant Old testament scholar, looks closely at the "according to the Scriptures" part, found in Isaiah 53 and Hosea 6:2.
Here are the "eyewitness" verses. I'll be re-studying Richard Bauckham's excellent Jesus and the Eyewitnesses:The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony.
...and that he appeared to Cephas,[b] and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
Note: in using the word the NIV translates as "abnormally born" Paul distinguishes himself from all the others, calling himself, more literally, the “abortion” or “miscarriage.” I'll explain on Sunday!
Here are the "eyewitness" verses. I'll be re-studying Richard Bauckham's excellent Jesus and the Eyewitnesses:The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony.
...and that he appeared to Cephas,[b] and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
Note: in using the word the NIV translates as "abnormally born" Paul distinguishes himself from all the others, calling himself, more literally, the “abortion” or “miscarriage.” I'll explain on Sunday!
