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A Gospel from God, Not Man
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's primary point is to establish the divine origin of his message. He insists he did not learn the gospel from any human—not the other apostles, his former teacher Gamaliel, or even Ananias. Instead, it was given to him directly by Jesus Christ through revelation. This claim was crucial for defending his apostolic authority against those who sought to undermine him.
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Galatians
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Albert Barnes
On Galatians 1:12
18th Century
Theologian
For I neither received it of man. This is very probably said in reply to his opponents, who had maintained that Paul had derived his knowl…
AT Robertson
On Galatians 1:12
Nor was I taught it (ουτε εδιδαχθην). He did not receive it "from man" (παρα ανθρωπων, which shuts out both απο and δια of verse 1…
Charles Ellicott
On Galatians 1:12
19th Century
Bishop
For I neither received it.—The first “neither” in this verse does not correspond with the second, but qualifies the pronoun “I.” T…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Galatians 1:11–17
19th Century
Preacher
Paul was intensely desirous that the Galatian Christians should understand that he was no mere repeater of other men's doctrines, but that what he …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Galatians 1:12
Paul also denies that his teaching was received “from any man.” This is a different denial from that in v.11, for both “from” and “receive” (GK 416…
John Calvin
On Galatians 1:12
16th Century
Theologian
For I neither received it from man. What then? Should the authority of the word be diminished because someone who has been instructed thro…
John Gill
On Galatians 1:12
17th Century
Pastor
For I neither received it of man
Not from Gamaliel, at whose feet he was brought up; he received the law from him, a…
Matthew Henry
On Galatians 1:10–14
17th Century
Minister
In preaching the gospel, the apostle sought to bring persons to the obedience, not of men, but of God. But Paul would not attempt to alter the doct…