1. Acts 11:2 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Peter go up to Jerusalem?

Acts 11:2 (ESV)

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,

Since Jerusalem was a city in the mountains, one always had to travel up when visiting the city.

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