and his colleagues, would go to the circumcised. All they asked (μόνον) was that the Gentile missioners should remember the poor. Anyone who wishes to harmonize these accounts has two good leads. Paul describes a private discussion (κατʼ ἰδίαν τοῖς δοκοῦσιν, 2:2), whereas Acts reports a public meeting. Again, Acts describes the process by which a conclusion was reached, Paul reports the conclusion. Harmonization however is not the best approach to historical sources. These two sources represent
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