As a way to prepare for Easter, I invite you to join me on a 58 day journey through the 58 verses of 1 Corinthians 15 in Greek. Below is a link to the video. Click here for the previous video on 1 Cor 15:4 and click here for the next video on 1 Cor 15:6.
Below is a link to a PDF version of the PowerPoint used in the above video.
1 Corinthians 15:5
5 καὶ ὅτι ὤφθη Κηφᾷ εἶτα τοῖς δώδεκα·
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve,
καὶ – connective conj. [W671].
ὅτι – fourth content conj. marking a dir. obj. clause of the main verb παρέδωκα from v. 3 [W678].
ὤφθη – fourth verb of dir. obj. content clause with Χριστὸς from v. 3 as its subj. [aor-pass-ind-3-s-οράω]: “was seen” (literally) or simply “appeared” (BDAG) are acceptable translations. BDAG notes that it is passive with an active sense of “become visible, appear” (A.1.d.).
Κηφᾷ – first dat. ind. obj. of ὤφθη. Your choice of translation of the previous verb will determine your translation of the dative here: “he was seen by Cephas” or “he appeared to Cephas.”
εἶτα – ordinal adv.
τοῖς δώδεκα· – second dat. ind. obj. of ὤφθη. Substv. use of the card. adj. δώδεκα is indeclinable. Monadic use of the article [W223-24].
Dr. Timothy J. Christian 
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