Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Galatians 1:23
But they had heard only ... - They had not seen me; but the remarkable fact of my conversion had been reported to them. It was a fact that could hardly be concealed; see the note at Acts 26:26.
But they had heard only ... - They had not seen me; but the remarkable fact of my conversion had been reported to them. It was a fact that could hardly be concealed; see the note at Acts 26:26.
Verse 23. _THEY HAD HEARD ONLY_] As a _persecutor_ of the Church of Christ, I was well known; and as a _convert to Christ_ I was not less so. The fame of both was great, even where I was personally un...
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...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
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...
HAD HEARD. were hearing: i.e. kept hearing. These are strong Imperfects. THE FAITH. Greek. _pistis_ App-150. DESTROYED. Same as "wasted", Galatians 1:13....
They only heard reports to the effect that, Our former persecutor is now preaching the faith which he once was seeking to destroy....
_the faith_ Three principal senses attach to this word in the N. T.: (1) Truth, or truthfulness, trustworthiness; e.g. Romans 3:3, "the faith of God." (2) Belief of, or confidence in a Person or thi...
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...
_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...
ἈΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ. Presumably from members of the Church at Jerusalem in particular (thus suggesting that his preaching was not contradictory to that of the elder Apostles), as well as from other Christian tr...
ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΔΙΏΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. см._ Galatians 1:13. Subst. part. используется для выделения особенности...
DISCOURSE: 2053 GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS PEOPLE Galatians 1:23. _They had heard only, that he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they glorified God in...
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...
see note on vs 22...
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. [ Akouontes (G191) eesan (G2258)] 'They were hearing:' reports were reaching them...
THEY HAD HEARD ONLY] that was all the knowledge they had of me. PREACHETH THE FAITH] proclaims the necessity of trust in Christ as the sole essential to salvation....
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...
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 had changed completely. The *churches in Judea heard reports about Paul. They were pleased to hear what God was doing in Paul’s life. So they praised God because God had changed Paul so much. Thi...
HAD HEARD. — Rather, _were hearing._ THE FAITH. — Not quite, as yet, “the body of Christian doctrine,” which was in process of forming rather than already formed, but the one cardinal doctrine of fai...
(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...
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...
About ten years of the life of Paul, between his flight from Jerusalem to Tarsus and his return to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council, are here passed over. They were spent, partly in and around Tars...
_The faith_ seems to be here identified with the living body of believers, for this verse describes Saul as making havoc of _the faith_, while Galatians 1:13 applies that term to the _Church_....
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....
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...
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the (p) faith which once he destroyed. (p) The doctrine of faith....
(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...
23._Which once he destroyed_. This does not mean that _faith _(36) may actually be destroyed, but that he lessened its influence on the minds of weak men. Besides, it is the will, rather than the deed...
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...
BUT THEY HAD HEARD ONLY,.... What they knew of the apostle was only by hearsay; they had never seen him, nor heard him preach, nor conversed with him, only had it reported to them; THAT HE WHICH PERS...
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. Ver. 23. _Now preacheth the faith_] A marvellous conversion. I was an obstinate Pap...
_Now the things which I write unto you_ With respect to all these circumstances of them; _I lie not_ As I affirm before God, who searcheth the heart, and from whom nothing is hid. _Afterward_ Departin...
BUT THEY HAD HEARD ONLY THAT HE WHICH PERSECUTED US IN TIMES PAST NOW PREACHETH THE FAITH WHICH ONCE HE DESTROYED....
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...
When they heard that he was now preaching the faith, they rejoiced. NOTE: "The faith" refers to the entire system of belief, including all things believed by the early Christians....
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...
Though those churches in the country of Judea had never seen Paul's person, yet they had heard of him: 1. That he had been a persecutor of those which professed the doctrine of the gospel, which he h...
but they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preacheth the faith of which he once made havoc...
Galatians 1:23 But G1161 were G2258 (G5713) hearing G191 (G5723) only G3440 G3754 formerly G4218 persecuted...
‘Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, and I was still unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, but they only heard say, ‘He who once persecuted us now preaches the...
_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 1:23. THEY WERE HEARING (kept hearing) expresses the idea of duration better than ‘heard.' THE FAITH _is_ used here in the passive or objective sense=the gospel, the Christian religion (not...
THEY ONLY HEARD (μονον ακουοντες ησαν). Periphrastic imperfect, "They were only hearing from time to time."THAT ONCE PERSECUTED US (ο διωκων ημας ποτε). Present active articular participle, a sor...
Galatians 1:23 The Conversion of St. Paul. I. The change that was made in Saul was of the most extraordinary kind, and not to be accounted for by any of those sudden transitions which one sometimes s...
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...
THEY KNEW ONLY. Although they did not know Paul personally, they had certainly heard of him and what he had tried to do in the past (Acts 9:1-2). Try to imagine how they must have felt when they heard...
_But they had heard._ TRUE FAME True glory takes root and spreads! All false pretences, like perishing flowers, fall to the ground: nor can any counterfeit last long. (_Cicero._) THE WIDENING SUCCE...
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...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:24. THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME.—He does not say, adds Chrysostom, they marvelled at me, they praised me, they were struck with admiration of me, but he attr...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 9:13; Acts 9:20; Acts 9:26
They had heard [α κ ο υ ο ν τ ε ς η σ α ν]. Correlative with I was unknown, verse 22. Note the periphrasis of the participle with the substantive verb, expressing duration. They were hearing all the 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...