What is the Jerusalem council in Galatians chapter 2 and what chapter of Acts parallels it?
The Jerusalem council in Galatians chapter 2 is the great council around A.D. 51, where Paul was called up to Jerusalem. There, they pressed him to back away from the claims of his apostleship and embrace Judaism and circumcision along with belief in Christ. Its parallel chapter is Acts 15.
Les explains that Galatians 2 follows his defense of Paul’s apostleship. In Galatians 1:11–12, Paul certifies that the gospel he preached is not after man, and that he neither received it by man nor was taught it by other men, but received it by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Then in Galatians 2:5, Paul has been called up to Jerusalem. Les identifies this as the great Jerusalem council of A.D. about 51, and says it is a parallel chapter with Acts 15. At that council, they were coming down on Paul to back away from all the claims of his apostleship and to embrace Judaism and circumcision along with belief in Christ.
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
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Are Acts 15 and Galatians 2 parallel accounts of the same event?
Acts 15 and Galatians 2 are parallel chapters that both record the same event, the Jerusalem council.