40 DEBBIE HUNN to say that he received the history and tradition of the Lord’s supper from the Lord and handed it on to the Corinthians. Therefore, to label the first verses of 1 Corinthians 15 “tradition” does not imply that Paul acquired his understanding from other people rather than the Lord. Whether or not he received knowledge of the resurrection appearances of 1 Cor 15,5-7 through a revelation, from the eyewitnesses themselves, or both, Paul claims in Galatians to have received the gospel message (of 1 Cor 15,3-4) from Christ; and this does not conflict with 1 Corinthians 15 because there he does not cite the source(s) of his tradition. Paul’s stay with Peter during his first trip to Jerusalem has also troubled scholars because it allows the possibility that Paul heard the gospel from Peter — fifteen days would give him time for this. After all, whatever Paul meant by ıstorhsai “ visit ” in 1,18 — to Ω ˜ gain information (e.g., Dunn) or simply to visit (e.g., Martyn) — it would be difficult to think of Peter and Paul, whose work was in the gospel, avoiding a discussion of it 43. Yet Paul notes here, not the topics of conversation, but the brevity of the visit and his neglect of the other apostles. His point is not that he and Peter never discussed Christ. But fifteen days would not give him time to advance himself in Christian circles, and showing that supports his assertion in v. 10 that he does not still please people. Had he received the gospel from Peter and had he desired status among the Jerusalem apostles, he would have stayed among them in Judea 44. But why does he include a visit with Peter three years after he began evangelizing? Although such an occasion is three years too late to have any bearing on how he received the gospel, Paul does not have evidence that he had not received it from the apostles until DUNN, “Paul and Jerusalem”, 463-466; MARTYN, Galatians, 171. For a 43 good discussion of the meaning of the term, see J.D.G. DUNN, “Once More — Gal 1:18 : ıstorhsai Khfan : In Reply to Otfried Hofius”, ZNW 76 (1985) Ω ˜ ˜ 138-139 ; O. HOFIUS, “Gal 1:18 : ıstorhsai Khfan ”, ZNW 75 (1984) 73-85; Ω ˜ ˜ K.F. ULRICHS, “Grave Verbum, ut de re Magn: Nochmals Gal 1,18 : ıstorhsai Ω ˜ Khfan ”, ZNW 81 (1990) 262-269. ˜ Of course he could have received the gospel from Peter and still desired 44 to please God. Paul is not arguing that receiving the gospel from Peter would impugn his message. Because the Galatians were turning to another gospel, he needs to show that the gospel he preached is true; and since he received it from God, he argues on that basis. Had he received the gospel another way, he would defend it on other grounds.