DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
Disagree. Nowhere does Paul claim to have met, seen, or heard Jesus before the crucifixion. What he claims is later and different: a gospel received "through a revelation of Jesus Christ" (Galatians 1:12), and a resurrection appearance — "last of all… he appeared also to me" (1 Corinthians 15:8).
Why it’s interesting
The most influential letter-writer in the New Testament stakes his authority on revelation rather than memory — and defends that independence hotly in Galatians. His first Jerusalem visit, by his own count, came three years in and lasted fifteen days.
Scholarly consensus
You can know the Bible.
Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.