How many years after Paul's conversion did he go up to Jerusalem with Barnabas?
Paul states that it was fourteen years after his conversion on the road to Damascus that he went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. This timeframe is given in Galatians chapter 2 and provides a chronological benchmark. It marks the interval before the Jerusalem Council discussion.
Les explains that Paul was saved on the road to Damascus, spent three years whether in Arabia or divided between Arabia and Damascus, and then fourteen years after his conversion went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. Les notes this is a rare time element in Scripture and a benchmark chronologers use, though they disagree by a few years. He says most chronologists place this Jerusalem Council around 51 or 52 A.D., while dates for Galatians vary, such as 57, 58, or 60.
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.