Galatians 1:1

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS.

Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle.

Usherian year of the world, 4056.

-Alexandrian era of the world, 5554.

-Antiochian era of the world, 5544.

-Constantinopolitan era of the world, 5560.

-Year of the Eusebian epocha of the Creation, 4280.

-Year of the Julian period, 4762.

-Year of the minor Jewish era of the world, 3812.

-Year of the greater Rabbinical era of the world, 4411.

-Year from the Flood, according to Archbishop Usher, and the English Bible, 2400.

-Year of the Cali yuga, or Indian era of the Deluge, 3154.

-Year of the era of Iphitus, or since the first commencement of the Olympic games, 992.

-Year of the Nabonassarean era, 799.

-Year of the era of the Seleucidae, 364.

-Year of the Spanish era, 90.

-Year of the Actiac or Actian era, 83.

-Year of the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 52.

-Year from the building of Rome, according to Varro, 805.

-Year of the CCVIIth Olympiad, 4.

-Year of Ananias, high priest of the Jews, 8.

-Common Golden Number, 15.

-Jewish Golden Number, 12.

-Year of the Solar Cycle, 5.

-Dominical Letters; it being Bissextile or Leap year, BA.

-Jewish Passover, April lst.

-Easter Sunday, April 2d.

-Epact, or the moon's age on the 22d of March, or the Xth of the Calends of April, 4.

-Year of the reign of Claudius Caesar, the fifth emperor of the Romans, 12.

-In the last year of Ventidius Cumanus, governor of the Jews.

-Year of Vologesus, king of the Parthians, 2.

-Year of Cains Numidius Quadratus, governor of Syria, 1.

-Roman Consuls; Publius Cornelius Sylla Faustus, and Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus; and for the following year, viz. A. D. 53, (which is supposed by some to be the date of the epistle,) Decimus Junius Silanus, and Quintus Haterius Antoninus.

CHAPTER I.

St. Paul shows that he was especially called of God to be an

apostle, 1.

Directs his epistle to the Churches through the regions of

Galatia, 2.

Commends them to the grace of Christ, who gave himself for their

sins, 3-5.

Marvels that they had so soon turned away from the grace of the

Gospel of Christ, to what falsely pretended to be another

gospel, 6, 7.

Pronounces him accursed who shall preach any other doctrine than

that which he had delivered to them, 8, 9.

Shows his own uprightness, and that he received his doctrine

from God, 10-12.

Gives an account of his conversion and call to the apostleship,

13-17.

How three years after his conversion he went up to Jerusalem,

and afterwards went through the regions of Syria and Cilicia,

preaching the faith of Christ to the great joy of the Christian

Churches in Judea, 18-24.

NOTES ON CHAP. I.

Verse Galatians 1:1. Paul, an apostle, not of men] Not commissioned by any assembly or council of the apostles.

Neither by man] Nor by any one of the apostles; neither by James, who seems to have been president of the apostolic council at Jerusalem; nor by Peter, to whom, in a particular manner, the keys of the kingdom were intrusted.

But by Jesus Christ] Having his mission immediately from Christ himself, and God the Father who raised him from the dead, see Acts 22:14; Acts 22:15, and commanded him to go both to the Jews and to the Gentiles, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they might obtain remission of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified. See Acts 9:1, c., and the notes there.