Galatians 1:17 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 1:17

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

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EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 1.1.17 (420)

How are we to explain this narrative, if we read later that Paul went immediately to Arabia after the revelation of Christ? … He teaches that the Old Testament, that is, the son of the bondwoman, was established in Arabia. And so, as soon as Paul believed, he turned to the Law, the Prophets and the symbols of the Old Testament that were then lying in obscurity and sought in them the Christ whom he was commanded to preach to the Gentiles.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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. The design of this statement is to show that, in no sense, did he derive his commission from man. To them which were apostles before me - This implies that Paul then regarded himself to be an apostle.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

His familiarity with the scene of the giving of the law, and the meditations and revelations which he had there, appear in Ga 4:24, 25; The Lord from heaven communed with him, as He on earth in the days of His flesh communed with the other apostles. returned--Greek "returned back again."

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
ἀνῆλθον	anēlthon	did I go up	G424 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἱεροσόλυμα	Hi'erosoluma	Jerusalem	G2414 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	me	G1473 →
ἀποστόλους,	apostolous	apostles,	G652 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἀπῆλθον	apēlthon	I went away	G565 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
Ἀραβίαν	Arabian	Arabia	G688 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
ὑπέστρεψα	hupestrepsa	returned	G5290 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Δαμασκόν.	Damaskon	Damascus.	G1154 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Galatians 1:18
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
leads to
- Acts 9:22–23
  But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 22:17–18
  Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
- Acts 9:26–29
  When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians