or going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus.

Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem, to become acquainted with Cephas, and I spent two weeks with him;

Then, fourteen years later, I went up to Jerusalem again, with Barnabas, and took Titus also with me.

(and Hagar means Mount Sinai, in Arabia), and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is in slavery with her children.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.