Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 11:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.”
Acts 11:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
But Peter rehearsed {the matter} from the beginning, and expounded {it} by order unto them, saying,
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
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