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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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Albert Barnes
On Galatians 1:17
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
AT Robertson
On Galatians 1:17
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Galatians 1:17
19th Century
Bishop
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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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 1:17
Finally, Paul did not receive his message from any person after his conversion. He insists that he did not consult anyone, particularly the Jerusal…
John Calvin
On Galatians 1:17
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Galatians 1:17
17th Century
Pastor
Neither went I up to Jerusalem
That is, immediately, as soon as he was converted, not till three years after, as fol…
Matthew Henry
On Galatians 1:15–24
17th Century
Minister
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…