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Paul mentions that “more than 500” saw the risen Jesus in a single early letter, but included this in no other letters. Why ? ?
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Why did Paul not give more of the details. For example, why didn’t Paul write something like: I was told by ________ , a believer I have the highest respect for. And he had long, heartfelt discussions with __ different persons who were there. And although we might sometimes wish for more, to have heart-to-heart discussions with __ is better than superficial discussions with a greater number.
But there’s nothing like this.
We just get the sparse claim of “After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, . . “ No time, no place, no name or a person. And in other places in his writings, Paul does include the names of persons.
Why did Paul not include this claim in any of his later writings?
But there’s nothing like this.
We just get the sparse claim of “After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, . . “ No time, no place, no name or a person. And in other places in his writings, Paul does include the names of persons.
Why did Paul not include this claim in any of his later writings?