Combined Bible Commentary
Galatians 1:18
VERSES 18, 19. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
VERSES 18, 19. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
GALATIANS 1:18 Khfa/n The Textus Receptus, following ac D F G K L P and most minuscules, substitutes the more familiar Greek name Pe,tron. The Aramaic name Khfa/n is supported by î46, 51...
Verse 18. _AFTER THREE YEARS I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM TO SEE_ _Peter_] These three years may be reckoned either from the departure of Paul from Jerusalem, or from his return from Arabia to Damascus. _...
THEN AFTER THREE YEARS - Probably three years after his departure from Jerusalem to Damascus, not after his return to Arabia. So most commentators have understood it. WENT UP TO JERUSALEM - More corr...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_ 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6) 3. Paul's Gospe...
Not till he had been three years a Christian and a Christian preacher did he come in contact with the earlier apostles; and then but slightly. He visited Cephas at Jerusalem, spending a fortnight with...
Then, three years after that, I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and I stayed with him a fortnight. I saw no other apostle except James, the Lord's brother. As for what I am writing to you--befor...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
AFTER. Greek. _meta_, App-104. This was three years from his conversion, viz.. D. 37. See App-180. SEE. Greek. _historeo_. App-133. PETER. The texts read _Kephas_, also in Galatians 2:11; Galatians 2...
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 visi...
10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF 10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who revealed to me the Gospel_ (Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I care n...
ἜΠΕΙΤΑ. “The twice-repeated ἔπειτα in this verse, in Galatians 1:21 and in Galatians 2:1, singles out three events in the Apostle’s life bearing upon his intercourse with the Church of Jerusalem: his...
_A short visit to Jerusalem and then a long absence. Yet the churches of Judaea, though they knew me not by sight, recognized me and my work_ (Galatians 1:18) Then three years from my conversion I did...
ΈΠΕΙΤΑ (G1899) затем. Это слово привлекает особое внимание к следующему событию в цепи (Guthrie), ΈΤ _pl. от_ ΈΤΟΣ (G2094) год. ΆΝΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G424) подходить, ΊΣΤΟΡΉΣΑΙ _ao...
AFTER THREE YEARS— That is, from his conversion. The Apostle seems to have used great caution, to prevent any suspicion that he had gone even to St. _Peter_ for the sake of instruction; for he says, f...
c) His visit to Jerusalem was not long enough for instruction in the gospel. Galatians 1:18-24 TEXT 1:18-24 (18) Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him f...
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. AFTER THREE YEARS - from my conversion; as appears by the contrast to "immediately" (Galatians 1:16). Th...
1:18 Peter, (i-14) Very probably 'Cephas;' and at ch. 2.11,14....
ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF HIS GOSPEL 1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
AFTER THREE YEARS] a long time (though it probably does not mean, 'at the end of three years,' but rather, 'in the third year'), during which he could not have received instruction from the original A...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul until Acts 13:9, when he was...
Paul was still trying to show that nobody taught him about Jesus Christ. Paul did not go to Jerusalem for three years. By then, he was a mature Christian. The Christians in Jerusalem were afraid of Pa...
(18-24) Nor did that consultation with the elder Apostles, which had hitherto been impossible, take place when, at last, after the lapse of three years, the Apostle did go up to Jerusalem. He saw inde...
AFTER THREE YEARS. — This date is probably to be reckoned from the great turning-point in the Apostle’s career — his conversion. It need not necessarily mean three full years, just as the three days d...
CHAPTER 6 PAUL AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH. Galatians 1:18 FOR the first two years of his Christian life, Paul held no intercourse whatever with the Church at Jerusalem and its chiefs. His relation wit...
REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
Ἔπειτα. The thrice-repeated Ἔπειτα in this verse, in Galatians 1:21, and in Galatians 2:1, singles out three events in the Apostle's life bearing on his intercourse with the Church of Jerusalem: his f...
FROM CHRIST, NOT FROM MEN Galatians 1:18 Paul's first visit to Peter must have been of absorbing interest. Doubtless the two traversed together the holy scenes of the Lord's ministry, and Peter told...
In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
_Then three years after, I came to Jerusalem to see (and as St. John Chrysostom says, out of respect to make a visit to) Peter, but staid only at Jerusalem fifteen days, and saw none of the apostles e...
(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
18._Then after three years_. It was not till three years after he had begun to discharge the apostolic office, that he _went up to Jerusalem_. Thus, he did not, at the outset, receive the calling of m...
The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
THEN AFTER THREE YEARS I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM,.... Not three years after his return to Damascus, but after his conversion; and now it was that he moved to become a member of the church at Jerusalem; b...
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. Ver. 18. _To see Peter_] Not by way of idle visit, but thoroughly to observe the history of his Christian...
_Then, after three years_ Wherein I had given full proof of my apostleship; _I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter_ And converse with him; _and abode with him fifteen days_ During which they doubtless d...
THEN, AFTER THREE YEARS, I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM TO SEE PETER, AND ABODE WITH HIM FIFTEEN DAYS....
Paul's visit to Jerusalem:...
INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS (vs.1-5) Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from men" (v.1). No human i...
He did not seek advice from the apostles. He went into Arabia. Like Moses and Jesus, there is a period of quietness and meditation before the work begins. Three years later, he went to Jerusalem. Most...
WENT UP: Or, returned...
15-24 St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working...
These THREE YEARS were spent partly in Arabia, partly at Damascus, whither he returned; and he, being there, was not idle, but, as Luke informs us, _preached Christ in the synagogues, confounded the J...
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days....
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics having been converted from a persecutor to a preacher, he is introduced as one of the brethren to brethren, by brethren-to them, indeed, by men who had pu...
Galatians 1:18 Then G1899 after G3326 three G5140 years G2094 up G424 (G5627) to G1519 Jerusalem G2414 see...
PAUL DECLARES HIS CREDENTIALS AND STATES HIS CASE (GALATIANS 1:11 - GALATIANS 2:21). Paul will now make clear to them what his credentials are. If they ask, why should they listen to him, he will now...
PAUL HAD THEN MET PETER AND MUCH LATER CONFERRED WITH THE LEADING APOSTLES TO ENSURE THAT WHAT HE PREACHED WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THEY TAUGHT (GALATIANS 1:18 TO GALATIANS 2:3). ‘Then after three...
_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._ Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves that he was called direc...
Galatians 1:18. THEN AFTER THREE YEARS I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF (or , TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH) CEPHAS, AND REMAINED WITH HIM FIFTEEN DAYS. This first visit of Paul to Jerus...
THEN AFTER THREE YEARS (επειτα μετα τρια ετη). A round number to cover the period from his departure from Jerusalem for Damascus to his return to Jerusalem. This stay in Damascus was an important e...
Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_ Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James. CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of Jesus Christ. It is...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts, and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
THREE YEARS LATER. "Not until three years after my being made new in Christ did I go to Jerusalem to _compare notes_ with Peter." This may imply that Paul stayed in Arabia for three years, coming back...
_Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem._ ST. PAUL’S RETURN TO JERUSALEM He returned from a spiritual as Ezra had from a bodily captivity, and to his renewed mind all things appeared new. What...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:10 Indirect Appeal: Paul’s Ministry and the Gospel. Paul received the gospel directly from Jesus Christ (see Acts 9:1;...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:18 AFTER THREE YEARS. If Paul was converted in A.D. 33 (an approximate date), then this visit occurred around A.D. 36. It is probably the visit to Jerusalem described in...
SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were Sennon...
_Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter._ Chrysostom and Theophylact remark on the distinction between _ι̉δει̃ν_ and the word _ίστορη̃σαι_, used here. This latter is used of those...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:16. TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM.—The revealing of His Son by me to the Gentiles was impossible, unless He had first revealed His Son in...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 1:1 _The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the co...
Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
Acts 22:17; Acts 22:18; Acts 9:26...
To see [ι σ τ ο ρ η σ α ι]. N. T. o. 1. To inquire into : 2. to find out by inquiring : 3. to gain knowledge by visiting; to become personally acquainted with. In LXX, only 1 Ezra 1:33; Ezra 1:42, t...
TURNING FROM GRACE Galatians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a vital place...
Then after three years — Wherein I had given full proof of my apostleship. I went to visit Peter — To converse with him....
Here is. third evidence to prove, that St. Paul received his ministry and message by divine revelation from Jesus Christ, and not from man, or by man. He acknowledges that not till three years after h...