Matthew Poole and continuators on Galatians 1:23

23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past, now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed .

Though those Churches in the country of Iudea, had never seen Pauls person, yet they had heard of him. 1. That he had been a persecutor of those which professed the Doctrine of the Gospel, (which he here calleth the Faith, it being the object, and the means of Faith). 2. That there was such a change wrought in him, as that he was now become a preacher of that Doctrine, for the profession of which he had formerly [illegible: 2 letters]sted and destroyed the Churches of Chri[illegible: 2 letters].