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Young's Literal Translation

Acts 11:2

and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Circumcision;   Gentiles;   Peter;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Circumcision;   Fall;   Peter;   Simon Peter;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gentiles;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Gentile;   Jerusalem;   Law;   Peter;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clean;   Peter;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Apostles;   1 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Antioch ;   Circumcision;   Law;   Peter;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cerinthians;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,
King James Version (1611)
And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
King James Version
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
English Standard Version
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,
New American Standard Bible
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the Jewish believers took issue with him,
New Century Version
But when Peter came to Jerusalem, some people argued with him.
Amplified Bible
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision [certain Jewish believers who followed the Law] took issue with him [for violating Jewish customs],
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him,
Legacy Standard Bible
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him,
Berean Standard Bible
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him
Contemporary English Version
So when Peter came to Jerusalem, some of the Jewish followers started arguing with him. They wanted Gentile followers to be circumcised, and
Complete Jewish Bible
but when Kefa went up to Yerushalayim, the members of the Circumcision faction criticized him,
Darby Translation
and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
Easy-to-Read Version
But when Peter came to Jerusalem, some Jewish believers argued with him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they of the circumcision contended against him,
George Lamsa Translation
And when Simon Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who upheld the circumcision contended with him,
Good News Translation
When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who were in favor of circumcising Gentiles criticized him, saying,
Lexham English Bible
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,
Literal Translation
And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,
American Standard Version
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Bible in Basic English
And when Peter came to Jerusalem, those who kept the rule of circumcision had an argument with him,
Hebrew Names Version
When Kefa had come up to Yerushalayim, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
International Standard Version
But when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who emphasized circumcisionthose of the circumcision">[fn] disagreed with him.Acts 10:45; Galatians 2:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
AND when Shemun had gone up to Urishlem, they who were of the circumcision contended with him,
Murdock Translation
And when Simon went up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circumcision contended with him,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym,
English Revised Version
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
World English Bible
When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision debated with him, saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised,
Weymouth's New Testament
and, when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision found fault with him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne Petre cam to Jerusalem, thei that weren of circumcisioun, disputiden ayens hym,
Update Bible Version
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Webster's Bible Translation
And when Peter had come to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
New English Translation
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him,
New King James Version
And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,
New Living Translation
But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.
New Life Bible
When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the Jewish followers argued with him.
New Revised Standard
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when Peter came up unto Jerusalem, they of the circumcision began to find fault with him,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Revised Standard Version
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they of the circumcision reasoned wyth him
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem, they that were of the circucision, chode with him,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and when Peter was return'd to Jerusalem, the Jewish converts objected to his conduct,
Simplified Cowboy Version
But when Pete got back to Jerusalem, some of the boys who rode for God tried to get on his case.

Contextual Overview

1 And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God, 2 and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him, 3 saying -- `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!' 4 And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying, 5 `I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me; 6 at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven; 7 and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat; 8 and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth; 9 and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou -- declare not thou common. 10 `And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Acts 10:9, Acts 10:45, Acts 15:1, Acts 15:5, Acts 21:20-23, Galatians 2:12-14

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:12 - the whole Joshua 22:22 - Israel 1 Samuel 17:29 - General Matthew 20:11 - they murmured Acts 10:28 - that it Colossians 4:11 - who 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
Genesis 11:9
therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 13:11
and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion;
Genesis 14:1
And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,
Isaiah 11:11
And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,
Daniel 1:2
and the Lord giveth into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he bringeth them in [to] the land of Shinar, [to] the house of his god, and the vessels he hath brought in [to] the treasure-house of his god.
Zechariah 5:11
And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem,.... From Caesarea, after he had stayed some certain days in Cornelius's house; so a journey from Caesarea to Jerusalem is called an ascending from the one to the other, Acts 25:1 because Jerusalem stood on higher ground, as well as was the metropolis of the country; and this was a journey of six hundred furlongs, or seventy five miles, for so far, according to Josephus t, was Caesarea distant from Jerusalem:

they that were of the circumcision, which phrase designs not only the circumcised Jews that believed in Christ, for such were all they of the church at Jerusalem, or at least proselytes that had been circumcised, for as yet there were no uncircumcised Gentiles among them; but those of them, who were most strenuous for circumcision, and made it not only a bar of church communion, but even of civil conversation:

these contended with him; litigated the point, disputed the matter with him, complained against him, and quarrelled with him. Epiphanius says u, that Cerinthus, that arch-heretic, was at the head of this contention.

t De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 3. sect. 5. u Contr. Haeres. l. 1. Haeres. 28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They that were of the circumcision - Christians who had been converted from among the Jews.

Contended with him - Disputed; reproved him; charged him with being in fault. This is one of the circumstances which show conclusively that the apostles and early Christians did not regard Peter as having any particular supremacy over the church, or as being in any special sense the vicar of Christ upon earth. If he had been regarded as having the authority which the Roman Catholics claim for him, they would have submitted at once to what he had thought proper to do. But the earliest Christians had no such idea of Peter’s so-called authority. This claim for Peter is not only opposed to this place, but to every part of the New Testament.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 11:2. Contended with him — A manifest proof this that the primitive Church at Jerusalem (and no Church can ever deserve this name but the Jerusalem Church) had no conception of St. Peter's supremacy, or of his being prince of the apostles. He is now called to account for his conduct, which they judged to be reprehensible; and which they would not have attempted to do had they believed him to be Christ's vicar upon earth, and the infallible Head of the Church. But this absurd dream is every where refuted in the New Testament.


 
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