Who did Paul meet with in Jerusalem and why, according to Galatians chapter 2?
Paul met with Peter, James, John, and other leaders of the Jerusalem church. According to Galatians chapter 2, he went up by revelation and communicated to them what he had been preaching to the Gentiles, giving an account of his gospel.
Les explains that in Galatians chapter 2, years later, Paul meets with Peter, James and John, and the other leaders of the church there in Jerusalem. Paul has to give an account of what he has been preaching to these Gentiles. Verse 2 says Paul went up to Jerusalem by revelation and communicated, making it crystal clear. This follows chapter 1, where Paul certifies that the gospel he preached is not after man, identifying the message he preached.
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
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Who were the Jerusalem leaders that confronted Paul in Galatians chapter 2?
In Galatians 2, Paul is again confronted by the 'wheels' in Jerusalem—the headmen of the Jerusalem church, who were the twelve and some others, and who were Jewish.