ON

ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE

GALATIANS

FOR READERS OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION

OR THE ORIGINAL GREEK

BIBLIOTHERM

AUG 'FR2

SODLEIANA

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1882

101. j. 390

NOTES

ON

ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE

GALATIANS.

CHAPTER I.

1. Apostle] lit. one sent away.

Not of men] lit. not from men; i.e. not sent by men acting of their own minds.

Neither by man] lit. neither by means of man; i.e. neither sent by men acting under directions from God. The prophets and teachers of Antioch merely separated" St. Paul from their body. He had already been "sent," Christ having said to him on the road to Damascus, ". “... delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I now send thee" (see Acts xiii. 2, 3 and xxvi. 17). In Acts xiii. 3 apelusan is "let them go," not "send them away," as in Authorized Version.

The Father, who raised Him from the dead] The prophecy, "Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten Thee," was fulfilled at our Lord's resurrection (see Acts xiii. 33 and Luke xx. 36). The life He then received being derived from none but God, He then (as risen) became the Son of

B