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Galatians 1:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Galatians 1:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood,[a] 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before me. Rather, I went off to Arabia, and afterward I returned to Damascus.
18 Paul’s First Meeting with Peter.[b] Then after three years, I did go up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.
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- Galatians 1:16 Flesh and blood: a phrase that in the New Testament always connotes human weakness or ignorance (see Mt 16:17; 1 Cor 15:50; Eph 6:12). Paul’s teaching came not from any human person but directly from God.
- Galatians 1:18 Paul visited Jerusalem to become acquainted with the head of the apostles (see Acts 9:23-31), whom he calls “Cephas” (Aramaic for “Rock”), the name given to Peter by Jesus himself (see Mt 16:18). He then went to Syria and Cilicia (including his hometown Tarsus) and probably did some evangelizing there. He was known to Christians in Judea only by reputation.
