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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:18

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. To see Peter - Ιστορησαι Πετρον , to become personally acquainted with Peter; for this is the proper import of the verb ἱστορειν , from which we have the word ἱστορια , history, which signifies a relation of things from personal knowledge and actual acquaintance. How far this is, now, from the sense... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:19

James the Lord's brother - Dr. Paley observes: There were at Jerusalem two apostles, or at least two eminent members of the Church, of the name of James. This is distinctly inferred from the Acts of the Apostles, Acts 12:2 , where the historian relates the death of James, the brother of John; and yet, in Acts 15:13-21 , and in Acts 21:18 , he records a speech delivered by James in the assembly of the apostles and elders. In this place James, the Lord 's brother, is mentioned thus to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:20

Before God I lie not - This he speaks in reference to having seen only Peter and James at Jerusalem; and consequently to prove that he had not learned the Gospel from the assembly of the apostles at Jerusalem, nor consequently received his commission from them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:21

Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria, etc. - The course of the apostle's travels, after his conversion, was this: He went from Damascus to Jerusalem, and from Jerusalem into Syria and Cilicia. "At Damascus the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket; and when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples;" Acts 9:25 , Acts 9:26 . Afterwards, when the brethren knew the conspiracy formed against him at Jerusalem, they brought... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:22

And was unknown by face - I was not personally acquainted with any of the Churches of Judea; I was converted in another place, and had not preached the Gospel in any Christian congregation in that country; I knew only those at Jerusalem. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:23

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 unknown. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:24

They glorified God in me - Hearing now that I preached that faith which before I had persecuted and endeavored to destroy, they glorified God for the grace which had wrought my conversion. I owe nothing to them; I owe all to God; and they themselves acknowledge this. I received all from God, and God has all the glory. It appeared of great importance to St. Paul to defend and vindicate his Divine mission. As he had none from man, it was the more necessary that he should be able to show... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:13

Verse 13 13.For ye have heard of my conversation. The whole of this narrative was added as a part of his argument. He relates that, during his whole life, he had such an abhorrence of the gospel, that he was a mortal enemy of it, and a destroyer of the name of Christianity. Hence we infer that his conversion was divine. And indeed he calls them as witnesses of a matter not at all doubtful, so as to place beyond controversy what he is about to say. His equals were those of his own age; for a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:15

Verse 15 15.But after that it pleased God. This is the second part of the narrative, and relates to his miraculous conversion. He tells us, first, that he had been called by the grace of God to preach Christ among the Gentiles; and, next, that as soon as he had been called, without consulting the apostles, he unhesitatingly proceeded to the performance of the work, which, he felt assured, had been enjoined upon him by the appointment of God. In the construction of the words, Erasmus differs... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:16

Verse 16 16.To reveal his Son to me. If we read it, “to reveal by me, ” it will express the design of the apostleship, which is to make Christ known. And how was this to be accomplished? By preaching him among the Gentiles, which the false apostles treated as a crime. But I consider the Greek phrase ἐν εμοὶ (29) to be a Hebrew idiom for to me; for the Hebrew particle ב (beth) is frequently redundant, as all who know that language are well aware. The meaning will therefore be, that Christ was... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:16

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