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17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

Galatians 1:17

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  • And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. …

  • In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: …

  • Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-24)

What Paul had said more generally, in the preface of this epistle, he now proceeds more particularly to enlarge upon. There he had declared himself to be an apostle of Christ; and here he comes more directly to support his claim to that character and office. There were some in the churches of Galatia who were prevailed with to call this in question; for those who preached up the ceremonial law did…

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