But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
Parallel translations
- WEB But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord’s brother.
- BSB But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- NKJV But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- NASB But I did not see another one of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- NLT The only other apostle I met at that time was James, the Lord’s brother.
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Quick answer
Of the apostles, Paul saw only Peter and James the Lord's brother. His limited contact further confirms his gospel was not handed to him in Jerusalem.
Overview
Paul names the few leaders he met to demonstrate how little human input he received. James, called 'the Lord's brother,' was a prominent figure in the Jerusalem church. The point stands that Paul's gospel was already fixed before significant contact with the original apostles.
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- Matt 13:55Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
- Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
- Matt 12:46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
- Matt 10:3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
- 1 Cor 9:5Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
- Jas 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
- Mark 3:18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
- Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- Acts 12:17But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
- Luke 6:15Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
- Acts 1:13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
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