What was the main concern of Peter, James and John regarding Paul years after Pentecost?
About twenty years after Pentecost, Peter, James, and John's main concern was that Paul and Barnabas remember the poor—specifically the poor Jews in Jerusalem who were financially stranded. Galatians 2:10 records this request, showing their focus was not forcing Gentile legalism but ensuring relief for needy Jewish believers.
Les explains that Galatians 2:10 gives the request of Peter, James, and John: Paul and Barnabas should remember the poor. Les clarifies that the poor were the poor Jews who had become financially stranded in Jerusalem. This was around A.D. 52, about twenty years after the crucifixion and Pentecost. Even though the Jerusalem council had settled that Paul would go to the Gentiles and they would deal with Israel, and that Paul would no longer be forced into legalism and circumcision, their main prerogative years later was that Paul not forget these poor Jews in Jerusalem. Les then says to chase it back and ask where they came from.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
What was the one requirement the Jerusalem apostles gave Paul and Barnabas?
Peter, James, and John, regarded as pillars, asked only that Paul and Barnabas remember the poor. This was the single condition attached to their right hand of fellowship, and Paul says he was eager to do it, while the Jerusalem apostles would go to the Jews and Paul and Barnabas to the Gentiles.
What did Peter, James and John specifically ask of Paul according to Galatians 2?
Galatians 2:10 records that Peter, James, and John asked only that Paul and Barnabas remember the poor. The context specifies these poor as financially stranded Jews in Jerusalem, roughly twenty years after Pentecost, so the request was for material support for those believers.
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What requirement did Peter, James, and John give to Paul and Barnabas?
The only requirement the Jerusalem apostles placed on Paul and Barnabas was that they remember the poor, which Paul was already eager to do.