Galatians 1:23 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Galatians 1:23

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

But they had only heard about me that I had turned to Christ and was preaching the Gospel about Him.

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Thomas Aquinas

Then when he says, "Afterwards, I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia," he shows how he was approved by the other churches of Judea. Here he does three things: first he shows where he lived, namely in Cilicia. Hence he says, "then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia," i.e., his native land. (Here he was caught up into paradise.) Because it is said in Acts (22:3): "Paul was born at Tarsus in Cilicia." Secondly, how he was known by the others, namely, not by sight but by report and reputation. …

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