clear, intimate, and circumstantial know|ledge.
1. The history, in giving an account of
St. Paul after his conversion, relates "that,
after many days," effecting, by the assistance
of the disciples, his escape from Damascus,
"he proceeded to Jerusalem" (Acts, chap.
ix. ver. 25). The epistle, speaking of the
same period, makes St. Paul say that "he
went into Arabia," that he returned again
to Damascus, that after three years he went
up to Jerusalem. Chap. i. ver. 17, 18.
2. The history relates, that, when Saul
was come from Damascus, "he was with the
disciples coming in and going out" (Acts,
chap. ix. ver. 28). The epistle, describing
the same journey, tells us "that he went
up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode
with him fifteen days." Chap. i. ver. 18.
3. The history relates, that, when Paul
was come to Jerusalem, "Barnabas took him
and brought him to the apostles" (Acts,
chap. ix. ver. 27). The epistle, "that he
saw Peter; but other of the apostles saw
he none, save James, the Lord's brother."
Chap. i. ver. 19.