“Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.”
'You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.'—the charge focuses on table-fellowship (communio in sacris, sacred communion) with the ritually unclean. Eating with uncircumcised men violates the halakah (Jewish law interpretation) that many Jewish believers held. The accusation assumes shared ethnic Christian identity, suggesting some believers have not internalized Peter's vision.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:3
And the Apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter had come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, saying, You went in to men uncircumcised, and ate with them. Acts 11:1-3 After such great things, they of the circumcision contended: not the Apostles; God forbid! It means, they took no small offense. And see what they allege. They do not say, Why did you preach? But, Why…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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