Galatians 1:17
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to 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.
- WEB
- nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
- 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.
- DARBY
- nor went I up to Jerusalem to those [who were] apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus.
- BLB
- nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.
- ÅB
- heller ikke dro jeg opp til Jerusalem til dem som var apostler før meg; men jeg dro straks bort til Arabia og vendte tilbake til Damaskus.
- OTB
- heller ikke dro jeg opp til Jerusalem til dem som var apostler før meg, men jeg dro til Arabia og vendte senere tilbake til Damaskus.
- B1930
- heller ikke drog jeg op til Jerusalem til dem som var apostler før mig; men jeg drog straks bort til Arabia og vendte tilbake til Damaskus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 9:20–25
And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:32–33
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
Read in contextGalatians 1:18
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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