_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:1. PAUL, AN APOSTLE.—He puts his own name and
apostleship prominent, because his apostolic commission needs to be
vindicated against deniers of it. NOT OF, or from, MEN, BUT BY, or
from, JESUS CHRIST AND GOD THE FATHER. The divine source of his
apostlesh... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:6. I MARVEL THAT YE ARE SO SOON REMOVED.—So quickly
removed; not so soon after your conversion, or soon after I left you,
but so soon after the temptation came; so readily and with such little
persuasion (cf. Galatians 1:7). It is the fickleness of the G... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:11. NOT AFTER MAN.—Not according to man; not influenced
by mere human considerations, as it would be if it were of human
origin.
Galatians 1:12. BUT BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.—Probably this
took place during the three years, in part of which the... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:14. EXCEEDINGLY ZEALOUS OF THE TRADITIONS OF MY
FATHERS.—St. Paul seems to have belonged to the extreme party of the
Pharisees (Acts 22:3; Acts 23:7; Acts 26:5; Philippians 3:5), whose
pride it was to call themselves “zealots of the law, zealots of
God.”... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 me; at first on my conversion, but
especially at the subsequent revelation from Jesus Christ (Gala... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:24. THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME.—He does not say, adds
Chrysostom, they marvelled at me, they praised me, they were struck
with admiration of me, but he attributes all to grace. They glorified
God in me. How different, he implies to the Galatians, their spi... [ Continue Reading ]