Galatians 1:18

It was not till three years after his conversion that St Paul went up to Jerusalem to visit St Peter.

to see to become personally acquainted with. The word in the original is used of those who visit great and famous cities. He was introduced to the Apostles by Barnabas (Acts 9:27).

Peter The more probable reading is -Cephas", the Aramaic equivalent of the Greek -Petros", the name given by our Lord to Simon Bar-Jona (John 1:43; Matthew 16:18).

fifteen days St Paul does not disguise the fact that he spent a fortnight in the society, perhaps as the guest of Peter. But, as Bengel observes, it was hardly long enough for him to have been made an apostle by Cephas. Part too (perhaps a great part) of the time was spent in disputation with the Grecian Jews. The visit was terminated by their conspiring to take his life (Acts 9:29-30), and by a command of the Lord in a vision to go unto the Gentiles (Acts 22:17-21).