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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas." What can be more lowly than such a soul? After such successes, wanting nothing of Peter, not even his assent, but being of equal dignity with him, (for at present I will say no more,) he comes to him as his elder and superior. And the only object of this journey was to visit Peter; thus he pays due respect to the Apostles, and esteems himself not only not their better but not their equal. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
And this is proof of humility: having accomplished so much, he went to Peter not for any benefit, but for the sake of a simple meeting, honoring him as a superior. Therefore he did not say "to see Peter" (ἰδεῖν), but "to visit" (ἱστορῆσαι), as those who study great and beautiful cities would express it; just as we too go to holy men, but we do so more for benefit, while he did so solely out of honor. A visit is an expression of honor, while a stay is an expression of friendship and ardent love. …
Oecumenius
After three years, however, from the beginning of my preaching and teaching I returned to see Peter, I went up to see Peter, not to learn anything from him. For I was then preaching and proclaiming the gospel. "to visit Peter." See the humility. After so many and such great struggles he withdrew so that he might seem to be inferior to Peter. But so that he might remain honored as well, it was done on account of the honor which he conferred upon Peter. He said, "I stayed with him," yet I was not taught."
Western Saints
Jerome
Then, after three years, I came to Jerusalem to see Peter. Not to look at his eyes, cheeks, and face, to see if he was thin or fat, if he had a hooked or straight nose, and if he covered his forehead with hair or (as Clement reports in his Periods) had baldness on his head. And I don't think it was the gravity of the Apostolic office that wanted to see something human in Peter after such a long three-year preparation. But she looked at him with these eyes, with which she seems to see him even now in her Letters. …
Thomas Aquinas
After showing above that he did not receive the Gospel from man before his conversion nor at the time of his conversion, the Apostle now proves that neither after his conversion did he receive it from man; but he shows, rather, how his teaching was approved by men. About this he does two things: First, he shows how his teaching was approved by the apostles; Secondly, he shows how it was approved by the rest of the faithful (v. 21). First, he states the fact; Secondly, he confirms the truth of his statement (v. …
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