Yes it is pretty clear:That Paul thought Jesus had been "here" on Earth could be pretty clear
1) He was a man (Ro 5:15 "the one man Jesus Christ" (Ro 5:15).
2) He was a Jew (said to be descendant of Abraham (Gal 3:16), Israelites (Ro 9:4-5), Jesse (Ro 15:12) & David (Ro 1:3)).
3) He came from a woman (Gal 4:4).
4) He was a minister to Jews (Ro 15:8).
5) He was poor, in poverty (2 Cor 8:9) and "humble" (Php 2:8)
6) He was crucified (1 Cor 1:23, 2:2, 2:8, 2 Cor 13:4).
7) The crucifixion happened in the heartland of the Jews: http://historical-jesus.sosblogs.com/Hi ... b1-p22.htm
8) He had brothers (contemporaries of Paul) (1 Cor 9:5).
9) These brothers were travelling with "a "sister", a wife" (1 Cor 9:5).
10) One of Jesus' brothers was named "James" (Gal 1:19), whom Paul met several times (Gal 1:19, 2:9).
11) James lived for a long time in Jerusalem (Gal 1:19, 2:9).
12) James was also an important member of some Jewish sect (Gal 2:2, 9, 12).
The Greek word for "ruler" in 1 Cor 2:8 is used by Paul 3 times in his 7 deemed authentic epistles. In Romans 13:3-6 the "rulers" ('archon') are human authorities (& also Roman officials, as Pilate!):If you don't buy the crucified-heavenly-being hypothesis, how do you explain Paul's explicit description of exactly that in 1 Cor 2:8?
"For rulers ['archon'] are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing."
Nowhere else, in the aforementioned epistles, these "archons" are specified to be heavenly.
Cordially, Bernard