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11 1-2 By the time Peter and his friends from Joppa returned to Jerusalem, news about outsiders accepting God’s message had already spread to the Lord’s emissaries[a] and believers there. Some of the circumcised believers didn’t welcome Peter with joy, but with criticism.

Circumcised Believers: Why did you violate divine law by associating with outsiders and sitting at the table with them for a meal? This is an outrage!

Peter patiently told them what had happened, laying out in detail the whole story.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:1-2 Literally, apostles

So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers(A) criticized him and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”(B)

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

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