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Good News Translation

Acts 11:3

"You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Gentiles;   Peter;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prejudice;   Racial Prejudice;   Uncircumcised, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Circumcision;   Gentiles;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Gentile;   Jerusalem;   Law;   Peter;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Legalism;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abomination;   Clean;   Peter;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   1 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Proselyte;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Antioch ;   Law;   Missions;   Peter;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Circumcision;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
King James Version (1611)
Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, & didst eate with them.
King James Version
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
English Standard Version
"You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
New American Standard Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
New Century Version
They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not circumcised and ate with them!"
Amplified Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and [even] ate with them!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Legacy Standard Bible
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Berean Standard Bible
and said, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them."
Contemporary English Version
they said, "You stayed in the homes of Gentiles, and you even ate with them!"
Complete Jewish Bible
saying, "You went into the homes of uncircumcised men and even ate with them!"
Darby Translation
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not Jews and are not circumcised, and you even ate with them!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised, and hast eaten with them.
George Lamsa Translation
Saying he had entered into the houses of uncircumcised men and had eaten with them.
Lexham English Bible
saying, "You went to men who were uncircumcised and ate with them!"
Literal Translation
saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.
American Standard Version
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
Bible in Basic English
Saying, You went to men without circumcision, and took food with them.
Hebrew Names Version
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
International Standard Version
They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"Acts 10:28; Galatians 2:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
saying, that unto men uncircumcised he had entered, and had eaten with them.
Murdock Translation
saying; that he had gone in to be with uncircumcised persons, and had eaten with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: Thou wentest in to men vncircucised, & diddest eate with them.
English Revised Version
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
World English Bible
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and didst eat with them.
Weymouth's New Testament
"You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seiden, Whi entridist thou to men that han prepucie, and hast eete with hem?
Update Bible Version
saying, You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
New English Translation
saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."
New King James Version
saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"
New Living Translation
"You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!" they said.
New Life Bible
They said, "Why did you visit those people who are not Jews and eat with them?"
New Revised Standard
saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Saying - he went in unto men uncircumcised, and did eat with them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with them?
Revised Standard Version
saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and atest with them.
Young's Literal Translation
saying -- `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Thou wentest in to men that are vncircumcysed, and hast eaten with them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and ask'd him, why did you go to eat with the uncircumcised?
Simplified Cowboy Version
"What do you think you are doing going in a Gentile's house?" they accused.

Contextual Overview

1 The apostles and the other believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who were in favor of circumcising Gentiles criticized him, saying, 3 "You were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them!" 4 So Peter gave them a complete account of what had happened from the very beginning: 5 "While I was praying in the city of Joppa, I had a vision. I saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it stopped next to me. 6 I looked closely inside and saw domesticated and wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds. 7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!' 8 But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord! No ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth.' 9 The voice spoke again from heaven, ‘Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean.' 10 This happened three times, and finally the whole thing was drawn back up into heaven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 10:23, Acts 10:28, Acts 10:48, Luke 15:2, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 2 John 1:10

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:12 - the whole Matthew 20:11 - they murmured John 18:28 - and they Acts 10:45 - they Romans 2:26 - General Galatians 2:12 - he did Galatians 2:14 - If thou Colossians 2:16 - in meat 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
They said, "Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth."
Genesis 11:6
and he said, "Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want!
Genesis 11:7
Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other."
Genesis 11:18
When Peleg was 30 years old, he had a son, Reu;
Genesis 14:10
The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.
Exodus 2:3
But when she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of reeds and covered it with tar to make it watertight. She put the baby in it and then placed it in the tall grass at the edge of the river.
2 Samuel 12:31
and put its people to work with saws, iron hoes, and iron axes, and forced them to work at making bricks. He did the same to the people of all the other towns of Ammon. Then he and his men returned to Jerusalem.
Psalms 64:5
They encourage each other in their evil plots; they talk about where they will place their traps. "No one can see them," they say.
Proverbs 1:11
Suppose they say, "Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it!
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I decided to enjoy myself and find out what happiness is. But I found that this is useless, too.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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; :- 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 and yet how these could be without the other, is not easy to say.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And didst eat with them - See the notes on Acts 10:13-14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 11:3. Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised — In a Jew, this was no small offense; and, as they did not know the reason of St. Peter's conduct, it is no wonder they should call him to account for it, as they considered it to be a positive transgression of the law and custom of the Jews. There is a remarkable addition here in the Codex Bezae, which it will be well to notice. The second verse of the chapter begins thus:-

Now Peter had a desire for a considerable time to go to Jerusalem: and having spoken to the brethren, and confirmed them, speaking largely, he taught them through the countries, (i.e. as he passed to Jerusalem,) and, as he met them, he spoke to them of the grace of God. But the brethren who were of the circumcision disputed with him, saying, &c.


 
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