When did Paul return to Jerusalem according to Galatians 2 in this chronology?
According to the chronology, Paul returned to Jerusalem in Galatians chapter 2 fourteen years after A.D. 37, which places that visit in A.D. 51. This follows the sequence from Pentecost in 29, Stephen’s stoning in 36, and Saul’s conversion in 40.
Les explains that if Paul went back up to Jerusalem in Galatians chapter 2, it was 14 years after A.D. 37, bringing the date to A.D. 51. He also traces the earlier timeline—Pentecost in 29, the stoning of Stephen in 36, Saul’s conversion around 40, and his going to Cilicia—to show that time was moving on throughout the book of Acts, not everything happening in a year or so. During those years Paul had been out in the Gentile world preaching his Gospel of Grace while Judaizers from Jerusalem opposed him.
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What does Paul call the twelve in Jerusalem in Galatians 2?
In Galatians 2, when Paul refers to the twelve down in Jerusalem, he speaks of them as men who seemed to be pillars, which is exactly what 2 Corinthians 10:12 is saying.
When did the Galatians 2 Jerusalem event happen?
The event Paul rehearses in Galatians took place around A.D. 51, about 22 years after Pentecost.