to split from the Antiochene church, to pursue mostly Gentile converts in his ensuing ministry, and to socially separate his Gentile-believing majority assemblies from Jewish communities. On coming to Antioch, Peter (Cephas) initially engaged in table fellowship with Christ-believing Gentiles, but then, at the arrival of “certain men from James” and in fear of “those of the circumcision,” he withdrew and separated himself. The Antioch incident has been varyingly understood. My take on the episode