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  • From: "John Dickson" <jdickson AT bigpond.com>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Chronology of Paul
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:25:17 +1000


>In trying to date the apostolic conference described in Galatians 2:1-10,
>he notes that it presumes that Peter is still in Jerusalem, thus putting
>it before his departure as reported in Acts 12:17. Galatians 2:1-10 also
>implies James & John, sons of Zebedee, were still alive, identifying the
>John in verse 9 as John bar Zebedee. If his brother James was
>assassinated by Herod Agrippa I as described in Acts 12:2, etc., then
>the Galatians 2 apostolic conference must have happened before the death
>of Herod Agrippa in 44 C.E.

Surely, the James spoken of here is the 'Lord's brother' not John's brother!
Placing his name first implies it is not the James + John we see elsewhere.

John Dickson






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