1 Coríntios 1

1 Coríntios 1

Barnes has a good word on the cross is foolishness ('stupid folly') - The death on the cross was associated with the idea of all that is shameful and dishonorable; and to speak of salvation only by the sufferings and death of a crucified man was fitted to excite in their bosoms only unmingled scorn. (1 Corinthians 1) J C