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New Living Translation

Acts 11:3

"You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said.

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.
Bible in Basic English
Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food 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 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 Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God. 2 But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him. 3 "You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said. 4 Then Peter told them exactly what had happened. 5 "I was in the town of Joppa," he said, "and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me. 6 When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds. 7 And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.' 8 "‘No, Lord,' I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean.' 9 "But the voice from heaven spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.' 10 This happened three times before the sheet and all it contained was pulled back up to 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
Then they said, "Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world."
Genesis 11:6
"Look!" he said. "The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
Genesis 11:7
Come, let's go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won't be able to understand each other."
Genesis 11:18
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Genesis 14:10
As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
Exodus 1:14
They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.
Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
2 Samuel 12:31
He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns. That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
Psalms 64:5
They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. "Who will ever notice?" they ask.
Proverbs 1:11
They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let's ambush the innocent!

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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