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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
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An Independent Apostle
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul highlights his journey to Arabia to prove a crucial point: his authority and gospel message came directly from God, not from the apostles in Jerusalem. By deliberately not going to them for instruction or approval after his conversion, he demonstrated that his commission was divine and independent.
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Galatians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
Before me (προ εμου). The Jerusalem apostles were genuine apostles, but so is Paul. His call did not come from them nor did he rec…
19th Century
Anglican
Went I up.—The usual phrase is “to go up to Jerusalem,” from the fact that Jerusalem stood on high ground and was approached from …
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Baptist
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 …
Finally, Paul did not receive his message from any person after his conversion. He insists that he did not consult anyone, particularly the Jerusal…
16th Century
Protestant
Neither did I return to Jerusalem. What he had just written is now explained and more fully stated. It is as if he had said, “I did not se…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither went I up to Jerusalem That is, immediately, as soon as he was converted, not till three years after, as fol…
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 conver…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that he did not receive the gospel from any human source before his conversion, the Apostle now proves that he did not receive it fro…
