Acts 11:1–3

Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church

11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted1 the word of God.2 11:2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem,3 the circumcised believers4 took issue with5 him, 11:3 saying, “You went to6 uncircumcised men and shared a meal with7 them.”

1	tn See BDAG 221 s.v. δέχομαι 5 for this translation of ἐδέξαντο (edexanto) here.
2	tn Here the phrase “word of God” is another way to describe the gospel (note the preceding verb ἐδέξαντο, edexanto, “accepted”). The phrase could also be translated “the word [message] from God.”
3	map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4	tn Or “the Jewish Christians”; Grk “those of the circumcision.” Within the larger group of Christians were some whose loyalties ran along ethnic-religious lines.
5	tn Or “believers disputed with,” “believers criticized” (BDAG 231 s.v. διακρίνω 5.b).
6	tn Or “You were a guest in the home of” (according to L&N 23.12).
7	tn Or “and ate with.” It was table fellowship and the possibility of eating unclean food that disturbed them.