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 15:5 and click here for the next video on 1 Cor 15:7.
Below is a link to a PDF version of the PowerPoint used in the above video.
1 Corinthians 15:6
6 ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ, ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείονες μένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι, τινὲς δὲ ἐκοιμήθησαν·
6 then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers (and sisters) at once, most of whom are still living now, though some have fallen asleep.
ἔπειτα – ordinal/chronological adv. Note that while ὤφθη continues 3 more times in vv. 6-8, καὶ ὅτι no longer appears in this line of sentences. Instead, Paul uses ἔπειτα repeatedly until v. 8.
ὤφθη – fifth verb of dir. obj. content clause with Χριστὸς from v. 3 as its subj. But note that there is no longer ὅτι, the content conj. marking the dir. obj. clause, as in the previous instances. [aor-pass-ind-3-s-οράω].
ἐπάνω – adv. when linked with numbers (BDAG 2.): “more than.”
πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς – dat. ind. obj. of ὤφθη.
ἐφάπαξ, – adv. BDAG says, “pertaining to being simultaneous, at once, at one time.”
ἐξ ὧν – prep. phrase. Marks a rel. clause. The antecedent of ὧν is πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς. There are two subjects and verbs of this rel. clause: “most of whom…” and “some (of whom)…”
οἱ πλείονες – first nom. subj. of the rel. clause. The articular, substantival use of πολύς is translated as “the majority, most” (BDAG 1.b.β.a).
μένουσιν – first verb of rel. clause [pres-act-ind-3-p-μένω].
ἕως ἄρτι, – prep. phrase.
τινὲς – second nom. subj. of the rel. clause. Indefinite pronoun: “some (of whom).” The ἐξ ὧν is elided here.
δὲ – contrastive conj. [W671-72]
ἐκοιμήθησαν· – second verb of rel. clause [aor-pass-ind-3-p-κοιμάω]. BDAG notes that κοιμάω only appears in the passive voice in the NT and has an active sense. The figurative sense here of sleep means to die or pass away.
Dr. Timothy J. Christian 
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