Who does Les associate with the Judaizers in the Acts 15 controversy?
He associates Peter, James, and John with the Judaizers in the Acts 15 controversy, placing them alongside many Judaizers. He also identifies the emissaries of the Twelve and certain believing Pharisees who demanded circumcision and Mosaic law observance as connected to that same controversy.
Les explains that the men troubling Antioch came down from Judea and Jerusalem with authority as emissaries of the Twelve, teaching Gentile believers that unless they were circumcised after the manner of Moses they could not be saved. He notes many people dislike the idea of putting Peter, James, and John along with a lot of these Judaizers. At the Jerusalem council, certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed also insisted that Gentile converts be circumcised and commanded to keep the law of Moses.
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.
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Who were the Judaizers in Acts 15 who taught circumcision was required for salvation?
The troublemakers in Acts 15 were Judaizers from Jerusalem who were believing Jews, not unbelievers, yet they still taught salvation by circumcision.
What did the Judaizers from Judaea teach the Gentile converts in Acts 15:1?
The Judaizers who came down from Judaea taught Paul's recent Gentile converts that unless they were circumcised after the manner of Moses they could not be saved.