Because God. "The Twelve did not call me to Jerusalem! I want you to know that God himself sent me!" In a private meeting. "Not wanting to cause trouble, I talked this matter over privately with Peter, James, and John. I had no doubts about the truth of the gospel I had been preaching, but if the other apostles did not stand with me on this, I was afraid all my work as an apostle would go for nothing!"
Verse Galatians 2:2. _I WENT UP BY REVELATION_] This either means, that he went up at that time by an _express revelation_ from God that it was his duty to do so, made either to the Church of Antioch...
AND I WENT UP BY REVELATION - Not for the purpose of receiving instruction from the apostles there in regard to the nature of the Christian religion. It is to be remembered that the design for which P...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. How Jerusalem had Confirmed the Gospel Paul Preached. (Galatians 2:1)_ 2. Peter's Failure; Paul's Rebuke and Testimony. (Galatians 2:11) Fourteen years passed by before he ever saw Je...
A crucial negotiation on equal terms with the Jerusalem leaders, fourteen years later possibly reckoned from Paul's conversion; more naturally from his first interview with Peter. (The point is import...
THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO BE OVERAWED (Galatians 2:1-10)...
Fourteen years afterwards I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me too. It was in consequence of a direct message from God that I went up; and I placed before them the gosp...
BY according to. Greek. _kata_. App-104. REVELATION. Greek. _apokalupsis_. App-106. The decision of Acts 15:2 was Divinely guided COMMUNICATED Greek. _anatithemi_. See Acts 25:14 (declared), UNTO....
_by revelation_ In the Acts no mention is made of this divine intimation. It would seem to have been concurrent with the _external_commission from the Church. The account of this visit is not contradi...
ἈΝΈΒΗΝ ΔῈ ΚΑΤᾺ� (Galatians 1:12 note). κατά defines the mode by which he knew he was to go up. So Ephesians 3:3; cf. κατʼ ἰδίαν _infra._ It is not stated to whom the revelation was made. St Paul menti...
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...
_The next visit to Jerusalem and its result; my independence was fully recognized_ (Galatians 2:1) When did I see the Apostles next? Not till fourteen years after my last visit. I then went up to Jeru...
ΆΝΈΒΗΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Galatians 2:1. ΆΠΟΚΆΛΥΨΙΣ (G602) раскрытие, откровение. _асс._ с _предл._ ΚΑΤΆ (G2596), "подчиняясь этому откровению" (Burton), ΆΝΕΘΈΜΗΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΤΊΘΗΜΙ ...
I WENT UP BY REVELATION,— Some suppose that this means only that he went up according to the revelation which he mentions as having received, ch. Galatians 1:12. But it seems rather to be here implied...
C. PAUL'S GOSPEL AND APOSTLESHIP CONFIRMED AND MAINTAINED. Galatians 2:1-21 1. Confirmed by the right hand of fellowship at Jerusalem. Galatians 2:1-10 TEXT 2:1, 2 (1) Then after the space of four...
_VERSE 2. AND I WENT UP BY REVELATION._ VERSE 2. And communicated unto them that gospel. VERSE 2. Which I preach among the Gentiles. Among the Jews Paul allowed Law and circumcision to stand for the...
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in v...
2 Paul's method in Jerusalem seems to have taken into account the low spiritual state and prejudices of the Jewish believers. It would have been practically impossible to impress the whole company wit...
2:2 privately (b-23) i.e. separately from the others....
HIS AUTHORITY RECOGNISED BY THE APOSTLES AT JERUSALEM AND MAINTAINED IN HIS CONFLICT WITH ST. PETER 1-10. It was not until upon the occasion of a subsequent visit to Jerusalem fourteen years later th...
BY REVELATION] in response to a prophetic inspiration. THEM.. OF REPUTATION] cp. Galatians 2:9. LAST, etc.] that it might be evident that even in their view he was not labouring in vain....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 PAUL MET THE LEADERS IN JERUSALEM V1 Then I returned to Jerusalem 14 years later with Barnabas. Titus came with me too. V2 God showed m...
The *good news about Jesus is for everyone. God wants *Jews and *Gentiles alike to trust Jesus Christ. When the *apostles first taught about Jesus, mostly *Jewish people became Christians. Often they...
II. (1-10) The argument proceeds, still taking the shape of vivid personal retrospect: — The next visit at which I had any communication with the elder Apostles was after an interval of fourteen years...
BY REVELATION. — Revelations seem to have been vouchsafed to the Apostle in various ways — most frequently in dreams or nocturnal visions (Acts 16:9; Acts 18:9; Acts 23:11;...
CHAPTER 7 PAUL AND THE FALSE BRETHREN. Galatians 2:1 "FOURTEEN years" had elapsed since Paul left Jerusalem for Tarsus, and commenced his Gentile mission. During this long period-a full half of his...
NARRATIVE OF THE AUTHOR'S VISIT WITH BARNABAS TO THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM, HIS FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS WITH PARTY LEADERS, AND THE BROTHERLY WELCOME AND RECOGNITION HE RECEIVED FROM JAMES PETER AND JOHN...
κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν. This statement of Paul's motive is in no way inconsistent with the independent statement in the Acts that he was deputed by the Church. The revelation may have come to Paul himself, a...
STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH Galatians 2:1 The great controversy in Paul's career was over the initial rite of Judaism. It would have been comparatively calm, if he had been willing to admit that Christianit...
Having dealt with the divine origin of his teaching, the apostle now proceeded to show that his teaching was confirmed by the conference he had with the elders at Jerusalem fourteen years after his co...
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, (a) i...
According to revelation, or an inspiration of the Spirit of God, and conferred with them, as an equal, says St. Jerome. --- But apart to them, who seemed to be something considerable. That is, with th...
(1) В¶ Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. (2) And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among t...
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...
2._And I went up according to revelation. _(41) He now proceeds to prove his apostleship and his doctrine, not only by works, but also by a Divine revelation. Since God directed that journey, which ha...
He then speaks historically of his ministry, and of the question whether man had anything to do with it. His gospel was not according to man, for he had not received it from any man; he had not been t...
AND I WENT UP BY REVELATION,.... He was not sent for by the apostles at Jerusalem, nor did he go of himself, nor only by the vote of the church at Antioch, but by a divine revelation; not a revelation...
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in va...
And _I went up_ Not by any command from the apostles, nor to receive instructions in my work from them; but _by revelation_ From God, directing me to go. The apostle does not say to whom the revelatio...
BY REVELATION; by direction of God. RUN IN VAIN; he stated what he had preached and done among the Gentiles to certain leading individuals, and not to the whole church, lest he should fail of the obje...
AND I WENT UP BY REVELATION, AND COMMUNICATED UNTO THEM THAT GOSPEL WHICH I PREACH AMONG THE GENTILES, BUT PRIVATELY TO THEM WHICH WERE OF REPUTATION, LEST BY ANY MEANS I SHOULD RUN, OR HAD RUN, IN VA...
FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP. Paul refuses to yield to false brethren:...
THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE Not until fourteen years later was there any consultation between Paul and the apostles generally. On this occasion (of which Acts 15:1 gives the history) Paul went with Barna...
The next time Paul was in Jerusalem, it was: 1.Under instruction from Jesus 2.With Barnabas and Titus 3.To declare success of ministry 4.To report on Gentile converts 5.Private - to avoid boastin...
PRIVATELY: Or, severally...
1-10 Observe the apostle's faithfulness in giving a full account of the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles, and was still resolved to preach, that of Christianity, free from all mixture of J...
AND I WENT UP BY REVELATION; REVELATION signifieth God's immediate declaration of his will to him, that he would have him take this journey; which is not at all contradicted by Luke, saying, ACTS 15:2...
And I went up by revelation: and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vai...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians I exhort you all, therefore, to yield obedience to the word of righteousness, and to exercise all patience, such as ye have seen [set] before your eyes, not onl...
Galatians 2:2 And G1161 up G305 (G5627) by G2596 revelation G602 and G2532 communicated G394 (G5639) them...
‘And I went up by revelation and I laid before them the Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run in va...
Galatians 2:2. BY REVELATION. In consequence of a divine monition such as he often experienced (comp. Acts 16:6-7; Acts 19:21; Acts 20:22-23;...
_Conference of Paul with the Jewish Apostles at Jerusalem_. Chapter Galatians 2:1-10. Continuation of the personal defence. Fourteen years after his conversion, Paul had an interview with the Apostles...
_Excursus on the Relation of Paul to the Jewish Apostles._ Compare here my _History of the Apostolic Church_ (1853), pp. 245-260 and pp. 282 ff., 616 ff., and an able Excursus of Dr. Lightfoot on ‘St...
BY REVELATION (κατα αποκαλυψιν). In Acts 15:2 the church sent them. But surely there is no inconsistency here.I LAID BEFORE THEM (ανεθεμην αυτοις). Second aorist middle indicative of old word ανατ...
Galatians 2:1. _Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation,-_ He was sent by the church at Antioch, but the church...
CONTENTS: Paul's journey to Jerusalem and His contest for the truth. Justification by faith in Christ without works. CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Barnabas, Titus, Peter, James, Cephas, John. CONCLUSION:...
Galatians 2:1. _Then fourteen years after, I went up again to Jerusalem, and took Titus,_ his fellow-labourer. Luke adds, “and others also.” Acts 15:2. We may gather from this, that Luke was of the co...
_And I went up by revelation._ I WENT UP BY REVELATION I. A fact. 1. Paul was not summoned by the apostles, who, by taking no action, must virtually have endorsed his conduct. 2. Paul was sent by...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 2:2 THOSE WHO SEEMED INFLUENTIAL probably includes James, Peter, and John (see v. Galatians 2:9)....
CHAPTER 2 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. Paul declares that he had compared his Gospel with Peter, James, and John, and that it had been approved of them so completely that there was nothing to be added...
_I communicated unto them that the Gospel which I preached._ I put it before Peter and the Apostles, making them as it were judges of my Gospel, that they might approve, disapprove, add, or take away...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 2:1. THEN FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER.—From Paul’s conversion inclusive. I WENT AGAIN TO JERUSALEM.—The same visit referred to in Acts 15, when the council of the...
EXPOSITION In the preceding chapter, St. Paul has been concerned to make clear the position that neither the gospel which he preached nor the commission which he held was derived from the older apostl...
Then fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus with me also (Galatians 2:1). So Paul no doubt had been ministering in Syria and Cilicia, the area around Tarsus,...
1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 Thessalonians 3:5;...
By revelation [κ α τ α α π ο κ α λ υ ψ ι ν]. It was specially and divinely revealed to me that I should go. In what way, he does not state. Communicated [α ν ε θ ε μ η ν]. Only here and Acts 25:14. '...
I went up — Not by any command from them, but by an express revelation from God. And laid before them — The chief of the church in Jerusalem. The gospel which I preach among the gentiles — Acts 15:4,...