Acts 15:2

When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate ¹  with them, the church ²  appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with ³  the apostles and elders in Jerusalem ⁴  about this point of disagreement. ⁵ 

Ex 18:23; 1Sa 8:7; Ac 10:23; Ac 11:12; Ac 15:4,22,23; Ac 15:6,23; Ac 15:7; Ac 15:22,27; Ac 15:25; Ac 21:18; 1Co 1:1; 1Co 9:19-23; 2Co 11:5; Ga 1:6-10; Ga 2:1,2; Ga 2:2; Ga 2:5; Phm 1:8,9; Jude 1:3

¹ tn Grk “no little argument and debate” (an idiom).

² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the church, or the rest of the believers at Antioch) has been specified to avoid confusion with the Judaizers mentioned in the preceding clause.

³ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁵ tn Or “point of controversy.” It is unclear whether this event parallels Gal 2:1-10 or that Gal 2 fits with Acts 11:30. More than likely Gal 2:1-10 is to be related to Acts 11:30.