The apostles and the elders met together. W. M. Ramsay gives 49 A.D. as the date of this. [Johnson gives 51 A.D.] The Twelve had been reduced by one (Acts 12:2). James, the Lord's brother, was a chief man in the Jerusalem church. Historians often call him the pastor or bishop. Note that both of these titles mean "elder," and there were more than one. Galatians 2:12 implies that James was the leader of the "circumcision party."

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