³ [^LFor] I passed on to you what I received, which is ·of greatest importance [or the first thing I told you]: that Christ died for our sins, ·as the Scriptures say [^Laccording to the Scripture; Is. 53:5–6]; ⁴ that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day ·as the Scriptures say [^Laccording to the Scripture; Ps. 16:8–11]; ⁵ and that he was seen by ·Peter [^LCephas; ^CPeter’s name in Aramaic; see 1:12] and then by ·the twelve apostles [^Lthe Twelve; Luke 24:33–36]. ⁶ After that, Jesus was seen by more than five hundred of the ·believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)] at the same time. Most of them ·are still living today [^Lremain until now], but some have ·died [^Lfallen asleep; ^Ca euphemism for death]. ⁷ Then he was seen by ·James [Jesus’ brother; Mark 6:3; Acts 15:13; Gal. 1:19] and later by all the apostles [Acts 1:6–11]. ⁸ Last of all he was seen by me [Acts 9]—as by a person ·not born at the normal time [prematurely/abnormally born; ^CChrist’s appearance to Paul was unique, occurring after Jesus’ ascension].