Corpus-Paul

["David Inglis" <david AT colonialcommerce.com>]

Bob MacDonald wrote:
> 
> Bob: I don't see any connection between Galatians 2:11 and the Jerusalem
> council of Acts 15.
> If the council had sent the letter from the apostles (Acts 15:23-29), I
> think Paul would have appealed to it in Galatians. This is too long a topic
> for the current window.

This has for a long time seemed to me to be a very important point, one
that appears to get overlooked.  Acts 15:23-29 gives us the text of "the
decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem
for the Gentile believers" (Acts 16:4) that were then delivered by Paul
and Silas to "every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord" (Acts
15:36).  Therefore, IMHO the best explanation for Paul not mentioning
these decrees in Galatians is simply that Galatians pre-dates the decrees!
 Any more complicated explanation is, I believe, unnecessary.

Dave Inglis
david AT colonialcommerce.com
3538 O'Connor Drive
Lafayette, CA, USA