Les Feldick Bible Study

When did Paul and Peter meet in Jerusalem in this chronology?

In this chronology, Paul and Peter met in Jerusalem in A.D. 40, three years after Paul's conversion in A.D. 37. The meeting lasted only a short period, about two weeks, and involved just Paul and Peter, with none of the other apostles present.

Les explains that this meeting fits his latest chronology: Christ was crucified in A.D. 29, Pentecost followed fifty days later, and Stephen was martyred seven years after Pentecost. Saul was converted on the road to Damascus one year after Stephen's martyrdom. A year after Saul's conversion, Peter went to Cornelius in Acts 10, or A.D. 38. Then in A.D. 40, three years after Paul's conversion in 37, Paul and Peter meet in Jerusalem for only a short time, about two weeks, and none of the other apostles are present. Afterward Paul goes to Tarsus and Antioch and begins his missionary journeys. Later, the Jerusalem council of Acts 15, also in Galatians 2, occurs in A.D. 51.