Galatians 1:12

For I neither received it of man,.... Not from Gamaliel, at whose feet he was brought up; he received the law from him, and knowledge in the Jews' religion, and in the traditions of the elders, but…

For I neither received it of man - This is very probably said in reply to his opponents, who had maintained that Paul had derived his knowledge of the gospel from other people, since he had not been…

I neither received it of man - By means of any apostle, as was remarked Gal 1:1. No man taught me what I have preached to you.

But by the revelation of Jesus Christ - Being commissioned by himself…

What Paul had said more generally, in the preface of this epistle, he now proceeds more particularly to enlarge upon. There he had declared himself to be an apostle of Christ; and here he comes more…

For I neither received it of man] -I"is emphatic: I received not the Gospel, any more than did the other Apostles, from man.

neither was I taught it St Paul might have received the Gospel from God,…