lilPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. 87 



II. In this number I shall endeavor to prove, 



1. That the epistle to the Galatians and the Acts of the 

 Apostles were written without any communication vfith 

 each other. 



2. That the epistle, though written without any com- 

 munication with the history by recital, implication, or refei*- 

 ence, bears testimony to many of the facts contauied in it. 



1. The epistle and the Acts of the Apostles were written 

 without any communication with each other. 



To judge of this point, we must examine those passages 

 in each which describe the same transaction ; for if the 

 author of either writing derived his information from the 

 account which he had seen in the other, when he came to 

 speak of the same transaction, he would follow that account. 

 The history of St. Paul at Damascus, as read in the Acts, 

 and as referred to by the epistle, forms an instance of this 

 sort. According to the Acts, Paul, after his conversion, was 

 certain days with the " disciples which w^ere at Damascus. 

 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that 

 he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, 

 and said. Is not this he that destroyed them which called on 

 his name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that 

 he might bring them bound unto the chief priests ? But 

 Saul increased the more in strength, confounding the Jews 

 w^hich dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is veiy Christ, 

 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took 

 counsel to kill him. But their laying w^ait was known to 

 Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill 

 him. Then the disciples took him by night, and let him 

 down by the wall in a basket. And when Saul was come 

 to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples." 

 Chap. 9 : 19-2G. 



According to the epistle, "When it pleased God, who 

 separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by 

 his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him 

 among the heathen ; immediately I conferred not with flesh 



