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Galatians 1:17

Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

KJV

οὐδὲ ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀποστόλους, ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθον εἰς Ἀραβίαν, καὶ πάλιν ὑπέστρεψα εἰς Δαμασκόν.

Greek NT

neque veni Jerosolymam ad antecessores meos Apostolos : sed abii in Arabiam, et iterum reversus sum Damascum :

Vulgate

neither went I up to Jerusalem to them that were apostles before me: but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned unto Damascus.

ASV

Neither went I to Jerusalem, to the apostles who were before me: but I went into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus.

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Places DamascusArabia

In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαμασκός
damaskos
noun · 15×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀνέρχομαι
anerchomai
verb · 3×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
Ἀραβία
arabia
noun · 2×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
o
article · 19778×
ὑποστρέφω
upostrepho
verb · 36×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:32 — In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
  • Acts 9:19 — And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
  • Acts 9:20 — And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
  • Acts 9:23 — And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
  • Acts 9:26 — And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
  • Acts 11:1 — And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
  • Gal 1:1 — Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
  • Gal 4:25 — For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.