Jewish Christians Force Gentiles: Jerusalem Council Explained Romans Series - David Bercot

Lesson Transcript

So, yeah, it was a big thing that even he would step back and not eat with the Gentiles. So we're not talking about some little problem here, but it gets worse. Many Jewish Christians were trying to force the Gentile Christians to be circumcised and keep the Mosaic Law. This is why they had the Jerusalem Council. And when they, Paul and Barnabas, had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all of the things that God had done with them.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses."