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Some, such as Kirsopp Lake, find this view less likely.

Lake wonders why it would be necessary for the Jerusalem Council ( Acts 15 ) to take place at all if the issue were settled in Acts 11: 30 / 12: 25, as this view holds.

Defenders of the view do not think it unlikely an issue of such magnitude would need to be discussed more than once.

Renowned New Testament scholar J. B. Lightfoot also objects to this view since it " clearly implies that his Apostolic office and labours were well known and recognized before this conference.

" Defenders of this view, such as Ronald Fung, disagree with both parts of Lightfoot's statement, insisting a ) Paul received his " Apostolic Office " at his conversion ( Gal.

1: 15-17 ; Ac.

9 ).

Fung holds, then, that Paul's apostolic mission began almost immediately in Damascus ( Acts 9: 20 ).

While accepting that Paul's apostolic anointing was likely only recognized by the Apostles in Jerusalem during the events described in Gal.

2 / Acts 11: 30, Fung does not see this as a problem for this theory.