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Acts 11:3

Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Gentiles;   Peter;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prejudice;   Racial Prejudice;   Uncircumcised, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Circumcision;   Gentiles;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Gentile;   Jerusalem;   Law;   Peter;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Legalism;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abomination;   Clean;   Peter;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   1 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Proselyte;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Antioch ;   Law;   Missions;   Peter;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Circumcision;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cornelius;   Defile;   Gentiles;   Ministry;   Uncircumcised;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
King James Version (1611)
Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, & didst eate with them.
King James Version
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
English Standard Version
"You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
New American Standard Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
New Century Version
They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not circumcised and ate with them!"
Amplified Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and [even] ate with them!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Legacy Standard Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Berean Standard Bible
and said, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Contemporary English Version
they said, "You stayed in the homes of Gentiles, and you even ate with them!"
Complete Jewish Bible
saying, "You went into the homes of uncircumcised men and even ate with them!"
Darby Translation
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not Jews and are not circumcised, and you even ate with them!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.
George Lamsa Translation
Saying he had entered into the houses of uncircumcised men and had eaten with them.
Good News Translation
"You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!"
Lexham English Bible
saying, "You went to men who were uncircumcised and ate with them!"
Literal Translation
saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.
American Standard Version
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
Hebrew Names Version
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
International Standard Version
They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"Acts 10:28; Galatians 2:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
saying, that unto men uncircumcised he had entered, and had eaten with them.
Murdock Translation
saying; that he had gone in to be with uncircumcised persons, and had eaten with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.
English Revised Version
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
World English Bible
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and didst eat with them.
Weymouth's New Testament
"You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seiden, Whi entridist thou to men that han prepucie, and hast eete with hem?
Update Bible Version
saying, You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
New English Translation
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."
New King James Version
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
New Living Translation
"You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said.
New Life Bible
They said, "Why did you visit those people who are not Jews and eat with them?"
New Revised Standard
saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Saying - he went in unto men uncircumcised, and did eat with them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them?
Revised Standard Version
saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and atest with them.
Young's Literal Translation
saying -- `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Thou wentest in to men that are vncircumcysed, and hast eaten with them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised?
Simplified Cowboy Version
"What do you think you are doing going in a Gentile's house?" they accused.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles. 2 And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him, 3 Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them. 4 But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them, 5 I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me: 6 And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds. 7 And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. 8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth. 9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common. 10 And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 10:23, Acts 10:28, Acts 10:48, Luke 15:2, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 2 John 1:10

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:12 - the whole Matthew 20:11 - they murmured John 18:28 - and they Acts 10:45 - they Romans 2:26 - General Galatians 2:12 - he did Galatians 2:14 - If thou Colossians 2:16 - in meat 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Genesis 11:6
And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
Genesis 11:7
Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Genesis 11:18
And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
Genesis 14:10
Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.
Exodus 1:14
And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
Exodus 2:3
And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
Psalms 64:5
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, thou wentest into men uncircumcised,.... Into the houses of such, and lodged with them, and familiarly conversed with them:

and didst eat with them; which, according to the traditions of the Jews, were unlawful; :- they say nothing about his preaching to them, and baptizing them, because these were so manifestly agreeable to the commission of Christ, in Matthew 28:19 and yet how these could be without the other, is not easy to say.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And didst eat with them - See the notes on Acts 10:13-14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 11:3. Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised — In a Jew, this was no small offense; and, as they did not know the reason of St. Peter's conduct, it is no wonder they should call him to account for it, as they considered it to be a positive transgression of the law and custom of the Jews. There is a remarkable addition here in the Codex Bezae, which it will be well to notice. The second verse of the chapter begins thus:-

Now Peter had a desire for a considerable time to go to Jerusalem: and having spoken to the brethren, and confirmed them, speaking largely, he taught them through the countries, (i.e. as he passed to Jerusalem,) and, as he met them, he spoke to them of the grace of God. But the brethren who were of the circumcision disputed with him, saying, &c.


 
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