A crucial negotiation on equal terms with the Jerusalem leaders,
fourteen years later possibly reckoned from Paul's conversion; more
naturally from his first interview with Peter. (The point is important
for chronology and history (p. 654), but not for the study of Paul's
teaching.) The occasion is... [ Continue Reading ]
Excitement and consequent confusion rise higher still. In one sense,
these verses record a climax; Paul is not merely Peter's equal he had
exposed him once when Peter was plainly in the wrong. There is no
ground for doubting that the order of time is followed. After the
Jerusalem compact, Peter find... [ Continue Reading ]