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Verse 17. _NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM_] The aim of the apostle is
to show that he had his call so immediately and pointedly from God
himself, that he had no need of the concurrence even of the apo...
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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
by them in regard to the nature of the Christian religion. Th...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE
GOSPEL
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_
2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6)
3. Paul's Gospe...
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GALATIANS 1:11 begins a historical narrative proving Paul's
independence of any human authority in his apostolic work. He learned
by a revelation from heaven, not in any sense from flesh and blood:
_c...
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THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
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As for the gospel that has been preached by me, I want you to know,
brothers, that it rests on no human foundation. for, neither did I
receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me
t...
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TO. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
TO, Greek. _pros._ App-109.
BEFORE. Gr _pro_. App-104.
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
ARABIA. See App-180 and App-181.
DAMASCUS. Whence he escaped as recorded in Acts 9:2...
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_neither went I up to Jerusalem_ The situation of Jerusalem was on a
hill, and it was also the Jewish metropolis, the political centre
formerly, and still the religious centre of the nation. "Thither...
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ΟΥ̓ΔῈ, “nor even.” For if I did not choose to consult others
it might have seemed reasonable that I should confer with the Twelve.
ἈΝΗ͂ΛΘΟΝ, Galatians 1:18; John 6:3[56]. Cf. ἀναβαίνω
Galatians 2:1-2...
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_Nor was the Gospel a product of conference with other Christians_
(Galatians 1:15) But when (in contrast to the life described in
Galatians 1:13-14) God, who separated me in purpose before I was even...
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10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF
10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who
revealed to me the Gospel_
(Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I
care n...
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ΆΝΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΝΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G424)
подходить,
ΆΠΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565)
уходить,
ΕΊΣ ΆΡΑΒΊΑΝ (G688) в Аравию. Вероятно,
имеются в виду города Набатеи к
востоку от Дамаск...
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NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM— What the Apostle says in this and
the preceding verse, is toevince to the Galatians the full assurance
that he had of the truth and perfection of the Gospel, which he h...
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TEXT 1:15-17
(15) But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even
from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, (16) to reveal
his Son in me, that I might preach him among...
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_VERSE 17. NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM TO THEM WHICH WERE APOSTLES
BEFORE ME; BUT I WENT INTO ARABIA, AND RETURNED AGAIN UNTO DAMASCUS._...
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Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me;
but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
WENT I UP. So 'Aleph (') A. But B Delta G [ apelthon (G565) for
anel...
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ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF
HIS GOSPEL
1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with
him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
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NEITHER WENT I, etc.] I did not visit the seat of apostolic influence,
as might have been expected. ARABIA] This is not mentioned in Acts, as
St. Luke does not deal with St. Paul's private life except...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS
THE WRITER
Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul
until Acts 13:9, when he was...
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Paul wanted to emphasise again that nobody had taught him about Jesus
(verse 12). ‘*Apostles’ probably refers to Jesus’ 12 *disciples.
Paul considered that he was equal with the other *apostles. Paul...
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WENT I UP. — The usual phrase is to go up to “Jerusalem,” from
the fact that Jerusalem stood upon high ground, and was approached
from all sides by an ascent. Here, however, the reading is doubtful
be...
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CHAPTER 5
PAUL'S DIVINE COMMISSION.
Galatians 1:15
IT pleased God to reveal His Son in me: this is after all the
essential matter in Paul's conversion, as in that of every Christian.
The outward man...
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ἀνῆλθον. The religious position of Jerusalem as seat of the
Temple and mother-city of the Church, its political importance, and
its geographical position on the central heights of Palestine,
combined...
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REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY
THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL
BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
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THE TRUE GOSPEL A REVELATION
Galatians 1:11
When men belittle the Apostle's teaching as being purely Pauline, we
should recall these strong statements, which attribute his knowledge
of the gospel to...
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In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his
apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that
declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
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So far from receiving his apostleship from the other apostles, he saw
none of them, till he had spent three years in announcing the word of
God. (Calmet) --- In this epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul...
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(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'
religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
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Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by
the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of
God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
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_ALONE WITH GOD_
‘I went into Arabia.’
Galatians 1:17
There is nothing that carries on the soul, and promotes the spiritual
life, like secret conversing with God. The great test of every
Christian...
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17._Neither did I return to Jerusalem. _What he had just written is
now explained, and more fully stated. As if he had said, “I did not
ask the authority of any man,” not even of the apostles themselv...
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The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the
afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had
preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
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NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM,.... That is, immediately, as soon as
he was converted, not till three years after, as follows; though by
the account which Luke gives of him, Acts 9:23 and by that whic...
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Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me;
but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Ver. 17. _But I went into Arabia_] Of this journey Luke maketh no
menti...
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Gal. 1:17. "Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles
before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again to Damascus." It
is probable that this was _Arabia Deserta_, which was that...
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_When it pleased God_ He ascribes nothing to his own merits,
endeavours, or sincerity; _who separated me from my mother's womb_ Set
me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet, (Jeremiah...
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ARABIA; a country south of Damascus, a city of Syria. God assigns to
all his people their appropriate work in life, and so orders events in
his providence and grace as to fit them to perform it....
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PAUL PROTESTS HIS APOSTOLIC COMMISSION.
He has his Gospel by direct revelation of Jesus Christ:...
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NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM TO THEM WHICH WERE APOSTLES BEFORE ME,
BUT I WENT INTO ARABIA AND RETURNED AGAIN TO DAMASCUS.
The apostle here takes up the first point of his argument, meeting the
obje...
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INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS
(vs.1-5)
Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an
authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from
men" (v.1). No human i...
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He did not seek advice from the apostles. He went into Arabia. Like
Moses and Jesus, there is a period of quietness and meditation before
the work begins. Three years later, he went to Jerusalem. Most...
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15-24 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 conversion is wrought by his power and grace working...
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OLBGrk;
As Jerusalem was the place for the oracle of the law, under the Old
Testament; so it also was for the gospel upon the first publication of
it. There the disciples were; they returned thither a...
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neither went I up to Jerusalem to them that were apostles before me:
but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned unto Damascus.
[Paul's conversion, being too well known to the Galatians to requi...
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Galatians 1:17 nor G3761 up G424 (G5627) to G1519 Jerusalem G2414 to
G4314 apostles G652 before G4253 me...
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‘But when it pleased him, who separated me, even from my mother's
womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me that I
might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confe...
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PAUL DECLARES HIS CREDENTIALS AND STATES HIS CASE (GALATIANS 1:11 -
GALATIANS 2:21).
Paul will now make clear to them what his credentials are. If they
ask, why should they listen to him, he will now...
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Galatians 1:17. NEITHER WENT I UP TO JERUSALEM. The usual term, as
Jerusalem was not only the religious capital of the Jews, [1] but
situated on a high hill so that travellers from the east and the we...
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_Excursus on the Conversion of St. Paul._
Here we have from Paul's own pen a brief account of his conversion,
which coincided with his call to the apostleship. It is more fully
related three times in...
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_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._
Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent
apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves
that he was called direc...
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BEFORE ME
(προ εμου). The Jerusalem apostles were genuine apostles, but
so is Paul. His call did not come from them nor did he receive
confirmation by them.INTO ARABIA
(εις Αραβιαν). This visit to...
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Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was
preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_
Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
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CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James.
CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of
Jesus Christ. It is...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was
not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts,
and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
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NOR DID I GO TO JERUSALEM. "Those who were apostles before I was
appointed did not teach me the gospel of Christ." Since the Twelve
stayed on in Jerusalem (Acts 8:1), that city was the center of:
_Chr...
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_Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before
me._
ASPECTS OF THE NEW LIFE
I. Negative. He did not report himself.
1. The apostles were stiffly conservative, and
(1) might hav...
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SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO
THE GALATIANS
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and
so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were
Sennon...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 1:1
_The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared
with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of
his having addressed himself to the co...
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Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area
that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in
Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
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2 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Acts 9:20; Galatians 1:18...
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Went I up [α ν η λ θ ο ν]. Comp. verse 18. Only in this
chapter, and John 6:3. More commonly ajnabainein, often of the journey
to Jerusalem, probably in the conventional sense in which Englishmen
spea...
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TURNING FROM GRACE
Galatians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships
relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a
vital place...
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Neither did I go up to Jerusalem — The residence of the apostles.
But I immediately went again into Arabia, and returned again to
Damascus — He presupposes the journey to Damascus, in which he was
con...