Acts 11:3

3 saying, "Thou wentest in to uncircumcised men and didst eat with them."

Acts 11:3 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:3

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; (See Gill on Acts 10:28) 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 ) ( Mark 16:15 ) and yet how these could be without the other, is not easy to say.

Acts 11:3 In-Context

1 And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.

2 And when Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the Circumcision contended with him,

3 saying, "Thou wentest in to uncircumcised men and didst eat with them."

4 But Peter reviewed the matter from the beginning and expounded it in order unto them, saying,

5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. A certain vessel descended as though it had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even to me.