Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 15:8

8 And last of all he was seen of me also , as of one born out of due time .

Last of all the Apostles, or it may be last of all persons; for after Stephen we read of none but S. Paul, who saw Christ. Stephen, as they were stoning him, cryed out, Acts 7. Behold, I see the Heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God▪ Acts 9.4. we read of Pauls hearing a Voice from him, and no doubt but he had a bodily sight of him; for he here reckoneth himself amongst those that were Eye witnesses. Nor is it any objection against it, that he was struck blind, for that was after his sight of Christ, not before.

He calls himself an Abortive, or one born out of due time, either because he was added to the number of the Twelve; or in respect to his new Birth, he being converted (as he tells us afterward) after that he had been a Persecutor of the Church of Christ, after the descending of the Holy Ghost; or it may be, because his Conversion was sudden, like the abortive birth of a woman.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 22.14. [illegible: 1 word]. 5.1.; [illegible: 1 paragraph]