Acts 12:17

And in those days, Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (a crowd of about 120 persons was there together), and said,

So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:

Now after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, “Brothers, listen to me.

And some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

And the brothers, when they heard about us, came from there as far as the Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

After that, He appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, fearing the party of the circumcision.

James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion: Greetings.