1 Corinthians 9:1

ἐλεύθερος … ἀπόστολος. This is the order of אAB, Vulg. Peshito. Rec. inverts the order with DEFG, Vetus Lat. and one MS. of Vulg.

1. οὐχὶ Ἰησοῦν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἑώρακα; One distinction drawn by St Paul’s opponents between him and the other Apostles was that they had seen and associated with Christ, while he had not. He rebuts this in the form of a question. He had seen the Lord (1) in the way to Damascus (Acts 9:3; Acts 9:17); (2) after his return to Jerusalem (Acts 22:17, cf. 1 Corinthians 9:14 of the same chapter, and Acts 9:26; Galatians 1:18); (3) at Corinth itself (Acts 18:9, where observe that the Greek word does not signify dream, since it is used of the burning bush in Acts 7:31 as well as of the transfiguration in Matthew 17:9); (4) on some occasion not specified (2 Corinthians 12:1), but probably during the Apostle’s sojourn in Arabia (Galatians 1:17), unless indeed it be the vision above-mentioned in Acts 22.