nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.