after, &c. Literally having made. See Acts 15:33.
some time. Probably three months. It was from Antioch he had gone forth on his first missionary journey; it had happier associations for him than Jerusalem, where they were "all zealous of the law" (Acts 21:20).
country of Galatia. Not the province, but the district.
in order. Greek. kathexes. See note on Acts 3:24.
strengthening. Greek. episterizo. The texts read sterizo. See note on Acts 14:22.