Galatians 1:12

For I neither received it of man] -I"is emphatic: I received not the Gospel, any more than did the other Apostles, from man.

neither was I taught it St Paul might have received the Gospel from God, and yet have been more fully instructed by men. This was not the case, comp. ch. Galatians 2:6. He both received and was taught it by direct revelation. The commission to Ananias (Acts 9:10, &c.) is not at variance with this declaration. It does not appear that he made any communication of religious knowledge to St Paul (Galatians 1:18).

by the revelation of Jesus Christ Rather, through the revelation. -Jesus Christ" may be either the subject or the object, the Revealer or the Revealed; but probably the latter is primarily intended, see Galatians 1:16. Different opinions are held as to the time when this revelation was made. Certainly it took place at the time of his conversion, and probably on other subsequent occasions. In 2 Corinthians 12:7 he speaks of "the abundance of the revelations" which he had received; comp. 2 Corinthians 12:1.