“When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.”
This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question — the sharp dispute (stasis kai diakesis) indicates serious doctrinal disagreement, not mere debate. The decision to appeal to the Jerusalem church suggests that while Paul has apostolic authority, the Jerusalem council retains some ultimate say in major theological matters.
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