Galatians 2:1-21 WEB

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:6

But of those who seemed to be somewhat: the word translated seemed, is the same with that in Galatians 2:2, which we there translate of reputation. The apostle means the same persons that were of the greatest reputation, and so the following words, to be somewhat, do import, Acts 5:36; Acts 8:9. We must not understand the apostle, by this expression, to detract from the just reputation that the apostles, and these eminent Christians at Jerusalem, had; he only taketh notice here of them, as... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:7

But contrariwise, when they saw; they were so far from contradicting any thing that I had preached, that when they understood from me, and Barnabas, {who Acts 15:12, declared in the council what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them} that the gospel of the uncircumcision, that the business of preaching the gospel to those who were no Jews, (for that is meant by uncircumcision; not simply those that were not circumcised, for some of the heathens were circumcised, yet... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:8

As Paul’s call was equal to that of Peter both of them being Divine, so, saith the apostle, my ability and success was equal; as God wrought effectually in and by Peter in the discharge of his apostleship in the province intrusted to him, (which was preaching to the Jews), so he wrought effectually and mightily in me, or by me, in the province wherein I was employed, viz. carrying the gospel to the Gentiles. This efficious working of God, both by Paul and Peter, was seen in the conversion of... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:9

James, (called, the less), the son of Alpheus, before called the Lord’s brother, as is thought, because he was the son of the virgin Mary’s sister; whose naming here in the first place spoileth the papists’ argument for Peter’s primacy, because in some other places he is first named. Cephas; that is, Peter, called here Cephas in the Syriac, possibly because he is named with others who had Syriac names; in most places he is by this apostle called Peter. John, the apostle and evangelist, who is... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:10

These pillars and apostles, which have among you the greatest reputation, added no new doctrine to us, gave us nothing new in charge; they only desired us that we would be careful, wheresoever we went, to make collection for the poor Christians in Judea, who either by selling all they had to maintain the gospel in its first plantation, or by the sharp persecution which had wasted them, or by reason of the famine, were very low; nor was this any new thing, I had before done it, and was very... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:11

Of this motion of Peter’s to Antioch the Scripture saying nothing, hath left interpreters at liberty to guess variously as to the time; solne judging it was before, some after, the council held at Jerusalem, of which we read, Acts 15:1-41. Those seem to judge best, who think it was after; for it was at Antioch, while Barnabas was with Paul; now Paul and Barnabas came from Jernsalem to Antioch, to bring thither the decrees of that council; and at Antioch Barnabas parted from Paul; after which we... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:12

It should seem that Peter had been at Antioch some time; while he was there, there came down certain Jews from James, who was at Jerusalem: before they came Peter had communion with those Christians at Antioch, which were by birth Gentiles, and at meals eat as they eat, making no difference of meats, as the Jews did in obedience to the ceremonial law; but as soon as these zealots for the Jewish rites (though Christians) were come, Peter withdrew from the communion of the Gentile Christians, and... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:13

The fact was the worse, because those Christians which were of the church of Antioch, having been native Jews, followed his example, and made a separate party with him. Nay, Barnabas, my fellow labourer, who was joined with me in bringing the decrees of the council in the case, was carried away with their dissimulation. So dangerous and exemplary are the warpings and miscarriages of those that are eminent teachers. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:14

Uprightly, here, is opposed to halting. Peter halted between two opinions, (as Elijah sometime told the Israelites), when he was with the Gentiles alone, he did as they did, using the liberty of the gospel; but when the Jews came from Jerusalem, he left the Gentile church, and joined with the Jews; this was not according to that plainness and sincerity which the gospel required; he did not (according to the precept he held, Hebrews 12:13) make straight paths to his feet, lest that which is lame... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:15

Jews by nature; born Jews, not only proselyted to the Jewish religion, (and so under an obligation to the observation of the Jewish law), but of the seed of Abraham, and so under the covenant made with him and his seed, as he was the father of the Jewish nation. Not sinners of the Gentiles: the Gentiles were ordinarily called by the Jews sinners; though it appeareth that there were divers of them worshippers of the true God, and came up to Jerusalem to worship; for whose sake there was a... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:14

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 2:15

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