Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
we--Paul and Apollos.
Christ crucified--The Greek expresses not the mere fact of His crucifixion, but the permanent character acquired by the transaction, whereby He is now a Saviour (Galatians 3:1) crucified was the stone on which the Jews stumbled (Matthew 21:44). The opposition of Jew and Gentile alike shows that a religion so seemingly contemptible in its origin could not have succeeded if it had not been divine.
unto the Greeks--the oldest manuscripts read "unto the Gentiles."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 28:9-10
Isaiah 57:14
Romans 1:16
1 Corinthians 1:17
1 Corinthians 1:20
1 Corinthians 2:1
1 Corinthians 10:32
2 Corinthians 10:12
Galatians 5:11
Ephesians 1:8
1 Timothy 1:15
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