3 For among the first things I passed on to you what I had received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures,5 and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve,6 then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most are still living, but some have fallen asleep,