Galatians 1:21

Galatians 1:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
• New International Version (NIV)Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Context of Galatians 1:21

19But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. 20I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you. Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches that are in Christ. 23They simply kept hearing, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Galatians 1:21 word by word

ἔπειτα ἦλθον εἰς τὰ κλίματα τῆς Συρίας καὶ τῆς Κιλικίας·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Afterwardsἔπειταepeita · thenG1899
• I cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the regionsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the regionsκλίμαklima · regionG2824
• of SyriaΣυρίαSuria · SyriaG4947
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• CiliciaΚιλικία, ΚιλικίαKilikia · CiliciaG2791

Cross-references for Galatians 1:21

• Acts 9:30When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
• Acts 11:25Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,
• Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
• Acts 15:23They wrote: “From the apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers and sisters among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
• Acts 18:18After staying for some time, Paul said farewell to the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken.
• Acts 21:3After we sighted Cyprus, passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, since the ship was to unload its cargo there.
• Acts 6:9Opposition arose, however, from some members of the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, and they began to argue with Stephen.
• Acts 21:39Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”
• Acts 22:3He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
• Acts 23:34After he read it, he asked what province he was from. When he learned he was from Cilicia,

Commentaries on Galatians 1:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria, etc. - The course of the apostle's travels, after his conversion, was this: He went from Damascus to Jerusalem, and from Jerusalem into Syria and Cilicia. "At Damascus the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket; and when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples;" Acts 9:25, Acts 9:26. Afterwards, when the brethren knew the conspiracy formed against…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Afterward I came … - In this account be has omitted a circumstance recorded by Luke Acts 9:29, of the controversy which he had with the Grecians (Hellenists). It was not material to the purpose which he has here in view, which is to state that he was not indebted to the apostles for his knowledge of the doctrines of Christianity. He therefore merely states that he left Jerusalem soon after he went there, and traveled to other places. The regions of Syria…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 15-24 St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working in them. It will but little avail us to have Christ revealed to us, if he is not also revealed in us. He instantly prepared to obey, without hesitating as to his worldly interest, credit, ease, or life itself. And what matter of thanksgiving and joy is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Paul was not working under the guidance of the apostles in Jerusalem or the churches in Judea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. I came into ... Syria and Cilicia--"preaching the faith" (Ga 1:23), and so, no doubt, founding the churches in Syria and Cilicia, which he subsequently confirmed in the faith (Ac 15:23, 41). He probably went first to Cæsarea, the main seaport, and thence by sea to Tarsus of Cilicia, his native place (Ac 9:30), and thence to Syria; Cilicia having its geographical affinities with Syria, rather than with Asia Minor, as the Tarsus mountains separate it…Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 1:21

• Cilicia
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Commentaries on Galatians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings