It  is  evident  that  it  was  not  St.  Paul's  only  object  to  proceed  with  all
haste  to  Ephesus  :  nor  indeed  is  it  credible  that  he  could  pass  through
the  regions  of  Cilicia  and  Lycaonia,  Phrygia  and  Galatia,  without
remaining  to  confirm  those  Churches  which  he  had  founded  himself,  and

^  Acts  xviii.  23.  *  Neander  is  inclined  to  assign  the  mison-

-  lb.  21.     See  pp.  368,  369.  derstanding  of  the  two  Apostles  to  this  timt.
8  See  the  end  of  Ch.  XII.  So  Olshausen.    See  p.  198.
*  See  Appendix  I.  for  the  answers  to  Wie-
leler's  arguments  on  this  subject.
