Acts 11:2

Acts 11:2

Peter Defends God’s Grace

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

2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, ^athose of the circumcision contended with him,

3 saying, ^a“You went in to uncircumcised men ^band ate with them!”

4 But Peter explained it to them ^ain order from the beginning, saying:

5 ^a“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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they . . . of the circumcision—not the Jewish Christians generally, for here there were no other, but such as, from their jealousy for "the middle wall of partition" which circumcision raised between Jew and Gentile, were afterwards known as "they of the circumcision." They doubtless embraced apostles as well as others.

Acts 11:1-11

PETER VINDICATES HIMSELF BEFORE THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM FOR HIS PROCEDURE TOWARDS THE GENTILES. (Acts 11:1-18)

the apostles and brethren . . . in Judea—rather, "throughout Judea."

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