1. Galatians 1:17 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does Paul mean when he talks of those who were “apostles before I was”?

Galatians 1:17 (ESV)

17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Paul refers to those who were made apostles before he was.1