Galatians 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. He returned from a spiritual as Ezra had from a bodily captivity, and to his renewed mind all things appeared new. What an emotion smote his heart at the first distant view of the Temple, that house of sacrifice, that edifice of prophecy. Its sacrifices had been realized; its prophecies fulfilled. As he approached the gates, he might have trodden the very spot where he had assisted in the death of Stephen, and he entered them perfectly content, were it God's will, to be dragged to the same fate. When he entered the city, what deep thoughts were suggested by the haunts of his youth, and by the sight of those spots where he had so eagerly sought that knowledge which he had now so eagerly abandoned. What an intolerable burden he had cast off. He felt as a glorified spirit may be supposed to feel on revisiting the scenes of its fleshly sojourn. (Archdeacon Evans.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.WEB: Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. |
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