RECIEVING FROM A DEAD MAN

GALATIANS 1:12
12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

...suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him,

"Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

And he said, "Who are You, Lord?"

Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads."

So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"

Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. Acts 9:4-9 (NKJV)

"...It came through the revelation of Jesus Christ." Galatians 1:12
Paul presents the way in which he received the Gospel of Christ--IT CAME FROM JESUS CHRIST–NOT MAN.

The word "REVELATION" is translated from the Greek Word: apokalypsis



Greek Strong's Number: 602 Greek Word: apokalypsis Transliteration: apokalypsis Phonetic Pronunciation:ap-ok-al'-oop-sis Root: from Cross Reference: TDNT - 3:563,405 Part of Speech: n f Vine's Words: Appear, Appearing, Revelation Usage Notes: English Words used in KJV: revelation 12 be revealed 2 to lighten + 1 manifestation 1 coming 1 appearing 1 [Total Count: 18] from (apokalupto); disclosure :- appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation.—Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary




Saul’s encounter happened about three years since Jesus Christ was crucified and buried. It was night, and eleven of Jesus’ main followers–Jesus’ Apostles--were hiding, huddling in a dark closed room..

"Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."
When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.
John 20:19-21 (NKJV)

To really appreciate the shock and the impact of Saul in seeing Jesus Christ, you should read my first blogs on the Galatian Letter.
The Appearance of the Risen Jesus to Saul was at once a revelation from without and a revelation within; an external revelation of a Being in heavenly glory, an inward revelation in the region of theological truth.

PAUL'S  LIFE BEFORE CHRIST.

(Acts 9:1-8; Acts 22:4-11; Acts 8-19; Gal. 1:14-16)

King James with Strong's Numbers Hebrew and Greek Original

ACTS 9:

1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest                                                                               2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 

PAUL'S OWN STATEMENTS OF HIS OWN LIFE BEFORE CHRIST.

ACTS 22:

3  I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.                                                                                                                                             4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.   5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. 

ACTS 26:

8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?                                       

9  I verily * * thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

(I     indeed thought to myself to    the name of Jesus of the Nazarene ought many opposing things to do)  egw men oun edoxa emautw pros to onoma Ihsou tou Nazwraiou dein polla enantia praxa

10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received o kai epoihsa en Ierosolumois, kai pollous te twn agiwn egw en fulakais katekleisa thn  from the chief priests; and when they were      being killed, I gave my voice against them.(I cast a vote)  para; twn ajrcierevwn exousian labwn anairoumenwn te autwn kathnegka yhfon,

11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto * * strange cities.

12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 

13 At midday *, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.  

KOINONIKOS