What were they pressuring Paul to do at the Jerusalem council?
They pressured Paul to back away from all the claims of his apostleship and to embrace Judaism and circumcision, along with belief in Christ. The Jerusalem council sought to make him conform to Jewish practices rather than defend his apostolic calling.
Les explains that Galatians 2 places Paul at the Jerusalem council around A.D. 51, which is a parallel to 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. Les connects this to Galatians 1:11–12, where Paul certifies that the gospel he preached was not after man, neither received nor taught by men, but received by the revelation of Jesus 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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How did Paul respond to the Jerusalem leaders who were pressuring him to give in?
Paul did not submit to the pressure from the Jewish leaders at Jerusalem even for a moment; he did not give in to their attempts to refute him and tell him he was wrong.