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Paul meets Peter and James

Three years after his conversion, Paul went to Jerusalem and stayed fifteen days with Peter, and he also met “James, the Lord’s brother.” This is first-hand testimony from a letter whose authenticity almost no historian disputes.

Paul meets Peter and James, the Lord’s brother
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 But of the other apostles I saw no one except James, the Lord’s brother.
Galatians 1:18–19 · Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
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