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Acts 11
Peter explains to the church in Jerusalem why he ate with Gentiles. Scattered believers preach to Greeks in Antioch and many believe; Barnabas brings Saul there, the disciples are first called Christians, and they send famine relief to Judea.
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- Paul's RoadsAntioch (Early years) · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsBarnabas · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsJerusalem: famine relief (Early years) · Paul's RoadsOpen
- Paul's RoadsDamascus and the early years · Paul's RoadsOpen
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How sure can we be?
- Plausible
This may be the visit Paul describes in Galatians 2:1–10.
Paul lists only two visits to Jerusalem before writing Galatians. If Galatians was written before the council of Acts 15, the famine visit is his second, 'fourteen years after'.
- Plausible
Galatians written from Antioch, before the Jerusalem council
If the Jerusalem visit of Galatians 2 is the famine visit (Acts 11:30) and the letter does not mention the council's decision, it may be Paul's earliest letter, written from Antioch about AD 48–49 to the South Galatian churches.