Acts 11:3

3 saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten 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 Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

2 and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,

3 saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.

4 But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,

5 I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me: