What Does 1 Corinthians 15:5 Mean in the King James?
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Here “seen” is an appearing received as an encounter: the living presence reaches one witness, then opens into shared testimony.
THE MEANING
The risen one is encountered as a presence that can be received and recognized. One person’s encounter opens into a gathered witness, as Cephas is named before the Twelve. The verse holds personal recognition and shared testimony together.
THE ROOT
ὤφθη
ōphthē
GROWS FROM
ὁρα (hora; verb ὁράω)
To see or perceive; in this form, to appear to someone.
“seen” in this verse is ōphthē. ὤφθη (ōphthē) is a form of ὁράω (horaō), “to see or perceive,” and here carries the sense “appeared to.” The encounter is received by a witness: seeing opens into recognition of the risen one.
ALSO GROWS
horatós: Visible; able to be seen.
ὁρατός
This branch makes visibility explicit: what is seen has become perceptible to someone.
hórasis: Sight or vision.
ὅρασις
This branch shows the same root extending from seeing to the perception or vision through which something is encountered.
THE PATTERN
The living presence becomes known through an appearing received by a person.
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.THE THREAD
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.Luke 24:34 uses the same Greek form, ὤφθη (ōphthē), “appeared,” and names Simon, the person called Cephas here. The repeated wording opens this verse as a personal encounter that can be named and carried into shared witness.
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