What was the issue the Jerusalem Council met to settle?
The Jerusalem Council met around A.D. 51 or 52 to settle once and for all whether Gentiles could be saved without keeping the Law, without practicing circumcision, and whether Paul could continue telling them salvation did not require those Jewish practices.
Les explains that this was the Jerusalem Council, held about A.D. 51 or 52, where the Jewish believers in Jerusalem—Peter, James, John, and the local congregation—called Paul up to settle the matter. The issue was that Paul could no longer tell Gentiles in Antioch or other places where he had started churches that they could be saved without keeping the Law, without practicing circumcision and so forth. This council background in Galatians 2 is what prompted Paul to encourage these Gentiles to bring their offerings.
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When was the Jerusalem Council in Galatians 2?
Galatians chapter 2 records the Jerusalem Council, which took place about 51 or 52 A.D.