Galatians Chapter 2 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Galatians 2:1

Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
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BBE Galatians 2:1

Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.
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DARBY Galatians 2:1

Then after a lapse of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with [me];
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KJV Galatians 2:1

Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
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WEB Galatians 2:1

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
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YLT Galatians 2:1

Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus;
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersII.(1-10) The argument proceeds, still taking the shape of vivid personal retrospect:--The next visit at which I had any communication with the elder Apostles was after an interval of fourteen years. That, too, only served to bring out at once the independence and the soundness of my teaching. I spoke on the subject freely to the whole Church, and besides I had private conferences with the leaders; but no alteration was made either in my teaching or in my practice. One crucial instance was that of Titus, my companion, who, Gentile as he was, was not compelled to be circumcised, though his circumcision was urged upon me, not by the free motion of the Apostles themselves, but to silence the malicious rumours set on foot by certain Judaising spies who had found their way into our midst. To these Barnabas and I did not give way for a moment. And the upshot of the matter was that my mission was fully recognised by the leading Apostles, and that we agreed to go different ways--they to the Jews, we to the Gentiles--with the one condition, which I needed no prompting to accept, that we should not forget the poor.Thoughts and arguments crowd in upon the Apostle with great vehemence. His amanuensis cannot take them down fast enough. Sentences are begun and not rightly ended, and much of the sense is left to be supplied by conjecture. The general drift of the passage is sufficiently plain, but there is much uncertainty about the details. This will appear in the Notes which follow.(1) Fourteen years after.--From what date is this fourteen years to be reckoned? The phrase "I went up again" seems to be decisive in favour of reckoning it from the visit to Jerusalem just mentioned. We should therefore have to add the three years of Galatians 1:18, in order to reach the date of the Apostle's conversion The relation of the present narrative to that in the Acts will be more fully discussed in an excursus. (See Excursus A: On the Visits of St. Paul to Jerusalem.)In the meantime, it may be assumed that there appear to be sufficient reasons for identifying the visit to Jerusalem here described with that recorded in Acts 15, commonly known as the Council of Jerusalem, which is placed by the best chronologists about A.D. 50 or 51.And took Titus with me also.--In the corresponding passage (Acts 15:2) we are told that "certain others" were sent with Paul and Barnabas. St. Paul mentions especially Titus because of the part which he subsequently played in the history of the Council, and because of the importance of this for his present argument.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekFourteenδεκατεσσάρων (dekatessarōn)Adjective - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 1180: Fourteen. From deka and tessares; ten and four, i.e. Fourteen.yearsἐτῶν (etōn)Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.laterδιὰ (dia)PrepositionStrong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.I went upἀνέβην (anebēn)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularStrong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up.againπάλιν (palin)AdverbStrong's 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.toεἰς (eis)PrepositionStrong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.Jerusalem,Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosolyma)Noun - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 2414: The Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem. Of Hebrew origin; Hierosolymaaccompanied byμετὰ (meta)PrepositionStrong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. Barnabas.Βαρνάβα (Barnaba)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 921: Of Chaldee origin; son of Nabas; Barnabas, an Israelite.I tookσυμπαραλαβὼν (symparalabōn)Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 4838: To take along as a companion. From sun and paralambano; to take along in company.Titus {along}Τίτον (Titon)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 5103: Of Latin origin but uncertain significance; Titus, a Christian.also.καὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. Jump to PreviousBarnabas Company Fourteen Interval Jerusalem Later Period Space Time Titus