Is the Jerusalem council in Acts 15 the same event as the council Paul describes in Galatians 2?
The Jerusalem council in Acts 15 is the same event Paul describes in Galatians 2. Acts 15 gives Luke's account, while Galatians 2 gives Paul's account of the same council. Both accounts describe the same Jerusalem council, with Luke providing the narrative and Paul providing his own perspective.
Les teaches that the Jerusalem council in Acts 15 is the same council Paul describes in Galatians 2. He explains that when teaching Galatians, Acts is used, and he maintains that Acts 15 is Luke's account of the council, while Galatians 2 is Paul's account of the same event. The context shows Les going back to Acts 15:1 to analyze the situation, noting that the Jews coming into Gentile congregations were Jewish believers in Jesus as Messiah who were still under the Law, not Pharisees. He emphasizes that these early Jewish believers under Peter's preaching were still Law-keeping Jews. This background helps clarify the council's discussion.
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
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When did the events of Acts 15 take place?
Acts 15 took place around 52 A.D., about 12 years after Peter's visit to the house of Cornelius and about 15 years after Paul's Damascus road experience.