When did the events of Acts 15 happen?
The events of Acts 15 happened around 52 AD. This is about 14 years after Saul's conversion, which is placed near 38 AD, and roughly 22 to 23 years after Pentecost. They are the same events Paul reports in Galatians 2.
Les explains that Acts 15 is a direct parallel to Galatians 2, almost identical chapter for chapter, and reports the same set of events Paul describes. He places the timing at about 52 AD, which is 14 years after Saul's conversion (about 38 AD) and roughly 22 or 23 years after Pentecost. In Acts 15:1, certain men came from Judea to Antioch and taught the Gentile believers that except they be circumcised after the manner of Moses, they could not be saved. Les notes that these Jewish believers at Jerusalem were still saturated with the law and tried to bring Paul's Gentile converts under it, showing the Judaizer opposition Paul faced while preaching the gospel of grace.
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
What made Peter finally break his silence at the Acts 15 council?
God sovereignly reminded him of what he had experienced twelve years earlier at Cornelius's house, where Gentiles were saved. That memory compelled Peter to rise after much disputing and defend Paul's position, insisting the law was an unbearable yoke neither fathers nor they could bear.
How long after Pentecost did the events of Acts 15 occur?
The events of Acts 15 occurred in 51 A.D., which is 23 years after Pentecost. At that time, believing Jews at Antioch insisted Gentiles must be circumcised and keep the Mosaic Law to be saved, but Paul and Barnabas argued against this legalism.
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Who were the men in Acts 15:1 who came to Antioch?
The men who come down from Judaea to Antioch in Acts 15:1 are Jewish believers from Jerusalem.