Acts 11:3

3 saying, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate 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 The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God's message also.

2 When Peter went up to Jerusalem, those who stressed circumcision argued with him,

3 saying, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them!"

4 Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:

5 "I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object coming down that resembled a large sheet being lowered from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.