To whom did Paul communicate his gospel when he went to Jerusalem?
When Paul went up to Jerusalem by revelation, he communicated the gospel he preached among the Gentiles to Peter, the eleven apostles, and other leaders of the Jerusalem believers. This was a supernatural trip, and the gospel was an advance beyond what the Jews in Jerusalem knew.
Les teaches that after fourteen years from Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus, Paul went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus. Paul says he went up by revelation, meaning it was a supernatural trip that God instructed and led. There he communicated the gospel he preached among the Gentiles. Les identifies “them” as Peter, the eleven, and other leaders of the Jerusalem believers. That gospel was something totally different from what the Jews in Jerusalem knew; it was an advance, revealing that God would now go to the Gentile, pagan, idolatrous world and bring those people to reconciliation with Himself outside of Judaism, which was incomprehensible to them. The context also notes Judaizers were pressing Gentile believers into legalism, prompting Paul’s letter.
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
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What does Paul mean when he says he 'communicated' his gospel to the Jerusalem leaders?
When Paul says in Galatians 2:2 that they 'communicated,' he means they did not flippantly state their beliefs, but sat down and went over the matter point by point, line upon line.