There are no less than fourteen recorded appearings of Christ before Paul wrote to the Church of Corinth, and fifteen if we include Christ's manifestation to John in the Isle of Patmos. The fourteen appearings are as follows:—
1. To Mary Magdalene (Jhn 20:14; Mar 16:9).
2. To the other women (Mat 28:9).
3. To Peter (1Cr 15:5; Luk 24:34).
4. To the two disciples on their way to Emmaus (Mar 16:12-13; Luk 24:13-32).
5. The day He appeared to the disciples, in the absence of Thomas (Jhn 20:19-24).
6. To the disciples when Thomas was present (Jhn 20:24-29).
7. In Galilee, at the sea of Tiberias, to Peter, John, Thomas, James, Nathanael, and two others (Jhn 21:1-14).
8. To the disciples on a mount in Galilee (Mat 28:16).
9. To more than five hundred brethren at once (1Cr 15:6).
10. To James the apostle (1Cr 15:7).
11. To all the apostles assembled together (1Cr 15:7).
12. To all the apostles at His ascension (Luk 24:50-51; Act 1:9-10).
13. To Stephen, when he was being stoned to death (Act 7:56).
14. To Paul (1Cr 15:8; Act 9:3-5; Act 22:6-10).
Such a mass of evidence attesting any given fact would be accepted as proof positive as to its validity in any court of justice.