Acts 11:3

Weymouth New Testament

"You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."

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.

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 brethren in various parts of Judaea, heard that the Gentiles also had received God's Message; ² and, when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision found fault with him. ³ "You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them." ⁴ Peter, however, explained the whole matter to them from the beginning. ⁵ "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me. ⁶ Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. ⁷ I also heard a voice saying to me, "`Rise, Peter, kill and eat.' <sup>8</sup> "`On no account, Lord,' I replied, `for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.' <sup>9</sup> "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "`What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.' ¹⁰ "This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again out of sight.

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

Hebrews 3:13
On the contrary encourage one another, day after day, so long as To-day lasts, so that not one of you may be hardened through the deceitful character of sin.

Hebrews 10:24
And let us bestow thought on one another with a view to arousing one another to brotherly love and right conduct;

James 4:13
Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business,"

James 5:1
Come, you rich men, weep aloud and howl for your sorrows which will soon be upon you.

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.