1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 8 Holy Bible
and last of all, as to the `child' untimely born, he appeared to me also.
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And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.
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and last of all, as to an abortion, he appeared to *me* also.
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And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
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and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
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And last of all -- as to the untimely birth -- he appeared also to me,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - He was seen of me also. The reference undoubtedly is to the vision on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:5; Acts 22:14; Acts 26:16). As of one born out of due time; literally, as to the abortive born. The word means "the untimely fruit of a woman," a child born out of the due time or natural course; and hence "diminutive" and "weakly." The Greek ektroma is represented by the Latin abortivus. St. Paul, when he remembered the lateness of his conversion, and his past persecution of the saints, regards himself as standing in this relation to the twelve.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.--Better, Last of all, as to an untimely born one he appeared also to me. The Apostle here distinctly states that he saw the Lord at the time of his conversion as really as St. Peter and others had seen him, though with touching pathos and strongly marked emphasis he adds that it was not at the same time as the "firstborn" had seen Him, but only as an "untimely born" one.
