The Acts of the Apostles

^apia-aiog, cf. Phil. iii. 5 /.
EXCURSUS I 271
: kolto. pojulov ^aptaraiog
. . . Kara SiKaioo-vvtjv rrjv ev vojulw yevojmepog ajuLejULTrrog.
Also the words irpoeKOTrrov ev ^lovSal'crjuLcp virep iroWov^
a-uvt]\iKWTag ktX. (Gal. i. 14) are illustrated by Acts
di. 58 and ix. 2.
(31) In Acts ix. 1 /., &:c., we are informed
that St. Paul originally persecuted the Christians ;
compare with this Gal. i. 13 /. ; 1 Cor. xv. 9
Phil. iii. 6.
(32) In the Acts St. Paul appears as an apostle on
a level with St. Peter (and the rest), cf. Gal. ii. 7 ff. ;
2 Cor. xi. 23.
(33) According to the Acts St. Paul's conversion
was brought about near Damascus by a revelation of
our Lord, cf. Gal. i. 12, 17, and 1 Cor. xv. 8.
(34) According to the Acts St. Paul fled secretly
from Damascus (he was let down from the city wal]
iv a-TTvplSi) ; cf. 2 Cor. xi. 32/.
(35) According to the Acts St. Paul then went to
Jerusalem—but no time is given (ix. 26), St. Luke
seems to mean that he went at once—and saw the
Apostles there ; cf Gal. i. 18 /. (after three years
he saw St. Peter and St. James). With Acts xxiii.
11 (d)9 SiejuapTvpco ra irepl ejuLov ek ^lepova-aXyj/ui) we
may compare Rom. xv. 19 [coa-Te /me airo 'lepova-aXtj/uL
Kai kvkXcs) . . . TreTrXtjpooKcvai to evayyeXiov).
(36) In the Acts St. Paul appears as the missionary
who laboured most in the Mission ; cf 1 Cor. xv. 10
2 Cor. xi. 23.
(37) In Acts xiii.—xiv. we have a homogeneous
narrative of the ministry and of the sufferings of
St. Paul in Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra;
;