The Nugget:
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
My Comment:
The Scriptures testify of Christ. Just what do the Scriptures testify of Christ? The Scriptures testify that Christ died for our sins. How did Paul learn about this? He did not learn what he knew about Jesus Christ from the other Apostles. Paul received his information by direct revelation from Jesus Christ Himself. That is Paul’s consistent declaration. By Scriptures Paul had reference to the Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures. The Hebrew Scriptures declare that the Messiah would die for our sins. The easiest way I know of to learn where the Old Testament declares such things is to check out the cross references for this passage as I have given them below.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1324 for 1 Corinthians 15:3.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1345 or in Logos 5 Bible software for 1 Corinthians 15:3.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
1 Corinthians 15:3. I delivered. ver. 11. 1 C 4:1, 2. 11:2, 23. Le 8:4. Nu 29:40. Ezk *3:17. Mt *20:18, 19. Mk *16:15, 16. Lk *24:46, 47. Jn 19:30. Ac 20:20. Ga *1:12. Ju +**3n. first of all. Lk 12:1. 1 T 2:1. I also received. Ex 34:32. Dt 4:5. 2 S 7:17. Is 59:21. Ezk 33:7. Ac 22:14. Ga **1:12. Christ died. 1 C 5:7. Ps 22:15. Is 53:12. Da 9:26. Zc 12:10. 13:7. Mt 16:21. Lk 18:33. 22:22. Ac 17:3. 25:19. 1 Th 5:10. sins. Le +=5:6. Mt +*26:28. Jn 1:29. Ro 3:25. 4:25. 2 C **5:21. Ga 1:4. 3:13. Ep +*1:7. 5:2. He 5:1. 10:11, 12. 1 P *2:24. *3:18. 1 J **2:2. Re +*1:5. according. Ge +*3:15. Ps ch. *22, 69. Ps 40:7. Is +*53:5, 6, 8, 11, 12. Da +*9:24-26. Zc *13:7. Mt 26:24. See on Lk +*24:26, 27, 46. Ac *3:18. 18:28. *26:22, 23. 1 P +**1:11. *2:24. the scriptures. Mt +21:42. Lk +*24:44. 2 T +*3:15.
1 co 15.3 For i delivered unto you first of all that which i also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
encouraging scripture cross refs
1. 1 pe 2.24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
strips we were healed.
2. isa 53.5, but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and
with his stripes we are healed.
3. isa 53.8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who
shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the
living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
4. lk 24.46 Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and
to rise from the dead the third day.