Who did Paul meet with when he went up to Jerusalem?
Paul went up to Jerusalem to meet with the apostles and the elders of the Jewish congregation. This occurred about AD 51, some 22 years after Pentecost, after churches had been established throughout Asia Minor and Antioch served as the home base.
Les explains that this journey occurred about AD 51, some 22 years after Pentecost. By then Paul had already established churches throughout Asia Minor, and the church in Antioch had become more or less the home base, where Gentiles first began to be interested in the things of God. The issue boiled over there, so the Lord instructed Paul to go up to Jerusalem and meet with the apostles and the elders of the Jewish congregation. Les notes he refuses to call those Jewish believers Christians because the Bible doesn't, and he stands alone on that point.