Ver. 18. μετὰ τ. πνεύματος. This form of the final blessing occurs also in 2 Tim. iv. 22 and Philemon 25, but not elsewhere: it was probably suggested
17. Τοῦ λοιποῦ, κόπους μοι μηδεὶς παρεχέτω - ἐγὼ γὰρ τὰ στίγ- ματα τοῦ Κυρίου ‘Ingod’ ἐν τῷ σώματί μου βαστάζω. 18. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί. ἀμήν"
Πρὸς Γαλάτας. 2
Ingov ABC! 17; Κνριον Ιησον ΟΠ ἘΚΙ, ; Κ. I. Χριστου WY.
*mpos Ύαλατας SABC 6, 17, 135; add ετελεσθη FG; add επληρωθη DE; add «γραφη απο Ρωμης KP 47.
here by the stress laid on the life of the oldest MSS. stamps it as an addition of Spirit in the Epistle. later date. The Epistle was evidently
The subscription ἀπὸ Ρώμης is neither written before the Roman captivity (see genuine nor correct, Its a in the Introduction, pp. 144-7).
APPENDIX A, PAULINE CHRONOLOGY.
Tue Apostolic Council forms a central landmark in the Christian life of Paul between his conversion and his Roman imprisonment, dividing the interval into two unequal portions. The length of the earlier is computed in Gal. ii. 1 at fourteen years; but this may not imply a total of more than thirteen; for the broken years at the beginning and end are both included separately in that total. The three first of these were spent in Damascus, except a brief sojourn in Arabia, according to Gal. i. 18: the remainder in or around Tarsus and Antioch, with the exception of one brief visit to Jerusalem for the conveyance of alms, and a subsequent mission with Barnabas to Cyprus and Asia Minor. The visit to Jerusalem was too uneventful to call for notice in the Epistle. Its incidental connection with the history of Herod Agrippa determines its date: Herod reigned from 41 to 44; his persecution of the Church occurred not long before his death, and had already begun when the envoys arrived at Jerusalem. The joint mission occupied at least two years, probably much more; its success established the position of Barnabas and Paul throughout the Church as Apostles to the Gentiles, and led to the controversy in regard to circumcision which was settled by the Apostolic Council at Jerusalem; evidently no long time intervened between its ter- mination and the Council. From that time forward the continuous narrative of events in the Acts furnishes material for dating approxi- mately the successive stages of Paul’s apostolic career. He and Barnabas returned at once from Jerusalem to Antioch, and many Christians gathered there from Jerusalem, including Peter and others whose names are mentioned. The length of their sojourn in Antioch and the neighbouring Churches cannot be determined with precision, as it is not known at what season the Council took place; if at the beginning of winter, they must have remained there the whole winter; if near the end, perhaps only a few weeks. In
either case it is certain that neither Barnabas nor Paul started VOL. II, 13