Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
went I up--Some of the oldest manuscripts read, "went away."
to Jerusalem--the seat of the apostles.
into Arabia--This journey (not recorded in Acts) was during the whole period of his stay at Damascus, called by Luke (Acts 9:23), "many [Greek, a considerable number of] days." It is curiously confirmatory of the legitimacy of taking "many days" to stand for "three years," that the same phrase exactly occurs in the same sense in 1 Kings 2:38-39. This was a country of the Gentiles; here doubtless he preached as he did before and after (Acts 9:20, Acts 9:22) at Damascus: thus he shows the independence of his apostolic commission. He also here had that comparative retirement needed, after the first fervor of his conversion, to prepare him for the great work before him. Compare Moses (Acts 7:29-30). His familiarity with the scene of the giving of the law, and the meditations and revelations which he had there, appear in Galatians 4:24-25; Hebrews 12:18. See on Galatians 1:12. 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."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 8:5
Acts 9:23
Acts 9:23
Galatians 1:12
Galatians 1:12
Galatians 1:16
Galatians 4:24
Hebrews 2:3
Revelation 21:2
DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.
E-mail this page
