Galatians 1:23
all that they had heard was — ‘The man who once persecuted us is now telling the Good News of the very Faith of which he once made havoc.’
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22But I was still unknown even by sight to the Christian Churches in Judea;
24And they praised God on my account.
Cross References
Acts 6:7So God’s Message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the Faith.
Acts 9:20and at once began in the Synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
1 Corinthians 15:8Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, the abortion.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 1:11-24
The Apostle's Integrity. ( a. d. 56.) 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And… Read the whole commentary →