tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post8992274131280408130..comments2024-03-08T18:04:37.943-08:00Comments on Paul and co-workers: Gal 5:11 the key to understanding GalatiansRichard Fellowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-66665832594916551902023-06-01T06:00:20.003-07:002023-06-01T06:00:20.003-07:00Thanks for sharinggThanks for sharinggPizza Recipeshttps://www.pizzapins.com/pizzas/tomato_onion_peppers_and_mushroom_pizza_5488037962.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-11890232538897916512011-09-04T19:59:05.560-07:002011-09-04T19:59:05.560-07:00Paul had evangelized Galatia with Barnabas, whom t...Paul had evangelized Galatia with Barnabas, whom the Galatians considered (rightly?) to be the leader (Acts 14:12). Barnabas, in turn, fell under the authority of the Jerusalem apostles (see Acts 11:22). Acts 4:36 hints that the apostles gave Barnabas his name and this confirms that they had authority over him. From the Jerusalem links of both Barnabas and Paul, and because of the delivery of the decisions of the council, the Galatians would have understood (probably rightly) that their territory fell under Jerusalem's ultimate jurisdiction.<br /><br />The Galatians will also have known that Paul intended to avoid preaching in Asia. They may well have deduced (wrongly) that Paul had planned this geographical break in his mission field so that he could preach circumcision without his hearers knowing of his inconsistency. The Galatians may have reasoned that Paul wanted to skip Asia and jump to a geographically distant region so that he could break from the gospel that he had preached in Galatia.Richard Fellowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.com