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In Grace in Galatia, Witherington analyzes the whole of Galatians as a deliberative discourse meant to forestall the Galatians from submitting to circumcision and the Jewish law. The commentary features the latest discussion of major problems in Pauline studies, including Paul’s view of the law and the relationship between the historical data in Galatians and in Acts. The narrative character of...

(see above), and knowing about the Via Sebaste which led on to Pisidian Antioch and beyond.12 Thirdly, there is now very clear evidence for the adjectival use of the word Phrygian in Greek.13 This means that the phrase found in Acts 16:6 can indeed refer to one region, not two, the Phrygian part of Galatia (Phrygia Galatica would have been the Roman term, like the term Pontus Galatica). In other words Luke means that Paul passed through the territory already covered (including presumably the city
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