When did Paul finally go up to Jerusalem to see Peter?
Paul went up to Jerusalem to see Peter after three years, as verse 18 records, and he stayed with Peter fifteen days. That visit lasted only two weeks and a day. It followed the three-year period mentioned in the passage.
Les explains that after Paul had been three years at Sinai, he says in verse 18 that he went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and remained with him fifteen days. Les emphasizes that this was only two weeks and a day. The surrounding context stresses that this came after the revelation of the mysteries and the completed work of the cross, showing that it is all done and not by works.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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Where did Paul spend the three years before going up to Jerusalem in Galatians 1?
Les feels Paul spent the three years between Damascus and his visit to Jerusalem in Arabia, probably in the Mount Sinai area.