21 Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. -Galatians 1:21 BSB After Paul stayed with Peter for fifteen days, see verse 18, he departed from there to…
After three years of Paul’s conversion to Christianity—having an encounter with Jesus Christ, after His resurrection and ascension to heaven, see Acts 9:1-6, he visited Peter.
When Paul said, “nor was I taught it,” he was talking about the gospel of Jesus Christ, who was the promised Messiah to come and of His death and resurrection. Jesus appeared to Paul and revealed Himself to him.
The Greek word for “apostle” is apostolos which means one who is sent on a mission, an ambassador, commissioned with the message of the gospel by Jesus Christ.