άνήλθον aor. ind. act. от ανέρχομαι (G424) подходить,
άπήλθον aor. ind. act. от απέρχομαι (G565) уходить,
είς Άραβίαν (G688) в Аравию. Вероятно, имеются в виду города Набатеи к востоку от Дамаска (Betz; Matera; 2 Corinthians 11:32).
ύπέστρεψα aor. ind. act. от υποστρέφω (G5290) возвращаться. Предложное сочетание обозначает "назад" (МН, 327).
Verse 17. _NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM_] The aim of the apostle is to show that he had his call so immediately and pointedly from God himself, that he had no need of the concurrence even of the apo...
NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM - That is, I did not go there at once. I did not go to consult with the apostles there, or to be instructed by them in regard to the nature of the Christian religion. Th...
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...
GALATIANS 1:11 begins a historical narrative proving Paul's independence of any human authority in his apostolic work. He learned by a revelation from heaven, not in any sense from flesh and blood: _c...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
As for the gospel that has been preached by me, I want you to know, brothers, that it rests on no human foundation. for, neither did I receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me t...
TO. Greek. _eis_. App-104. TO, Greek. _pros._ App-109. BEFORE. Gr _pro_. App-104. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. ARABIA. See App-180 and App-181. DAMASCUS. Whence he escaped as recorded in Acts 9:2...
_neither went I up to Jerusalem_ The situation of Jerusalem was on a hill, and it was also the Jewish metropolis, the political centre formerly, and still the religious centre of the nation. "Thither...
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...
_Nor was the Gospel a product of conference with other Christians_ (Galatians 1:15) But when (in contrast to the life described in Galatians 1:13-14) God, who separated me in purpose before I was even...
ΟΥ̓ΔῈ, “nor even.” For if I did not choose to consult others it might have seemed reasonable that I should confer with the Twelve. ἈΝΗ͂ΛΘΟΝ, Galatians 1:18; John 6:3[56]. Cf. ἀναβαίνω Galatians 2:1-2...
NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM— What the Apostle says in this and the preceding verse, is toevince to the Galatians the full assurance that he had of the truth and perfection of the Gospel, which he h...
TEXT 1:15-17 (15) But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, (16) to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among...
_VERSE 17. NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM TO THEM WHICH WERE APOSTLES BEFORE ME; BUT I WENT INTO ARABIA, AND RETURNED AGAIN UNTO DAMASCUS._...
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. WENT I UP. So 'Aleph (') A. But B Delta G [ apelthon (G565) for anel...
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...
NEITHER WENT I, etc.] I did not visit the seat of apostolic influence, as might have been expected. ARABIA] This is not mentioned in Acts, as St. Luke does not deal with St. Paul's private life except...
Paul wanted to emphasise again that nobody had taught him about Jesus (verse 12). ‘*Apostles’ probably refers to Jesus’ 12 *disciples. Paul considered that he was equal with the other *apostles. Paul...
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...
WENT I UP. — The usual phrase is to go up to “Jerusalem,” from the fact that Jerusalem stood upon high ground, and was approached from all sides by an ascent. Here, however, the reading is doubtful be...
CHAPTER 5 PAUL'S DIVINE COMMISSION. Galatians 1:15 IT pleased God to reveal His Son in me: this is after all the essential matter in Paul's conversion, as in that of every Christian. The outward man...
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....
ἀνῆλθον. The religious position of Jerusalem as seat of the Temple and mother-city of the Church, its political importance, and its geographical position on the central heights of Palestine, combined...
THE TRUE GOSPEL A REVELATION Galatians 1:11 When men belittle the Apostle's teaching as being purely Pauline, we should recall these strong statements, which attribute his knowledge of the gospel to...
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...
So far from receiving his apostleship from the other apostles, he saw none of them, till he had spent three years in announcing the word of God. (Calmet) --- In this epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul...
(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...
_ALONE WITH GOD_ ‘I went into Arabia.’ Galatians 1:17 There is nothing that carries on the soul, and promotes the spiritual life, like secret conversing with God. The great test of every Christian...
17._Neither did I return to Jerusalem. _What he had just written is now explained, and more fully stated. As if he had said, “I did not ask the authority of any man,” not even of the apostles themselv...
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...
NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM,.... That is, immediately, as soon as he was converted, not till three years after, as follows; though by the account which Luke gives of him, Acts 9:23 and by that whic...
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Ver. 17. _But I went into Arabia_] Of this journey Luke maketh no menti...
Gal. 1:17. "Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again to Damascus." It is probable that this was _Arabia Deserta_, which was that...
_When it pleased God_ He ascribes nothing to his own merits, endeavours, or sincerity; _who separated me from my mother's womb_ Set me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet, (Jeremiah...
ARABIA; a country south of Damascus, a city of Syria. God assigns to all his people their appropriate work in life, and so orders events in his providence and grace as to fit them to perform it....
PAUL PROTESTS HIS APOSTOLIC COMMISSION. He has his Gospel by direct revelation of Jesus Christ:...
NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM TO THEM WHICH WERE APOSTLES BEFORE ME, BUT I WENT INTO ARABIA AND RETURNED AGAIN TO DAMASCUS. The apostle here takes up the first point of his argument, meeting the obje...
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...
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...
OLBGrk; As Jerusalem was the place for the oracle of the law, under the Old Testament; so it also was for the gospel upon the first publication of it. There the disciples were; they returned thither a...
neither went I up to Jerusalem to them that were apostles before me: but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned unto Damascus. [Paul's conversion, being too well known to the Galatians to requi...
Galatians 1:17 nor G3761 up G424 (G5627) to G1519 Jerusalem G2414 to G4314 apostles G652 before G4253 me...
‘But when it pleased him, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confe...
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...
Galatians 1:17. NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM. The usual term, as Jerusalem was not only the religious capital of the Jews, [1] but situated on a high hill so that travellers from the east and the we...
_Excursus on the Conversion of St. Paul._ Here we have from Paul's own pen a brief account of his conversion, which coincided with his call to the apostleship. It is more fully related three times in...
_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...
BEFORE ME (προ εμου). The Jerusalem apostles were genuine apostles, but so is Paul. His call did not come from them nor did he receive confirmation by them.INTO ARABIA (εις Αραβιαν). This visit to...
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...
NOR DID I GO TO JERUSALEM. "Those who were apostles before I was appointed did not teach me the gospel of Christ." Since the Twelve stayed on in Jerusalem (Acts 8:1), that city was the center of: _Chr...
_Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me._ ASPECTS OF THE NEW LIFE I. Negative. He did not report himself. 1. The apostles were stiffly conservative, and (1) might hav...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:17 The journey to Arabia and back to Damascus occurs between Acts 9:25 and Acts 9:26. On the city of...
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;...
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 1:16. 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...
2 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Acts 9:20; Galatians 1:18...
Went I up [α ν η λ θ ο ν]. Comp. verse 18. Only in this chapter, and John 6:3. More commonly ajnabainein, often of the journey to Jerusalem, probably in the conventional sense in which Englishmen spea...
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...
Neither did I go up to Jerusalem — The residence of the apostles. But I immediately went again into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus — He presupposes the journey to Damascus, in which he was con...