What did the Lord instruct Paul to do after the controversy in Antioch?
The Lord instructed Paul to go up to Jerusalem and meet with the apostles and the elders of the Jewish congregation. The controversy in Antioch had boiled over, prompting this journey. This occurred about AD 51, some twenty-two years after Pentecost, when Paul had already established churches throughout Asia Minor.
Les explains that the controversy in Antioch boiled over, and the Lord then instructed Paul to go up to Jerusalem to meet with the apostles and the elders of the Jewish congregation. Antioch had become the home base where Gentiles first began to be interested in the things of God. Les notes this was about AD 51, some 22 years after Pentecost, and Paul had already established churches throughout Asia Minor. He also states he refuses to call those Jewish believers Christians simply because the Bible does not.