Acts 11:3

3 saying, Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and 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 brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

2 When Peter was come up to Jerusalem, those that were of the circumcision contended with him,

3 saying, Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and eat with them?

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning and expounded it by order unto them, saying,

5 I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a rapture of understanding I saw a vision: A certain vessel descended like a great sheet let down from heaven by the four corners, and it came unto me,