# Acts 15:2

> And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

— Acts 15:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- c. AD 49 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The Council of Jerusalem, fourteen years after the conversion by the count of Galatians 2:1.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII

## What happened

- **The Council of Jerusalem** (AD 49)
  The question is whether a Gentile has to become a Jew to follow Jesus. The answer is no, and it defines Christianity as a separate religion.

## See also

- Acts 15:22-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/22
- Acts 15:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/6
- Galatians 2:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/1
- Acts 11:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/30
- Acts 15:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/4
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/11/5
- Galatians 1:6-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/1/6
- Galatians 2:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/5

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).