Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 11:3

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Acts 11:3

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Acts 11:3

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them." — Acts 11:3 (ASV)

Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised.—The words cannot properly be translated otherwise, but the Greek (literally, men with a foreskin) is somewhat more expressive of scorn than the merely negative form of the English. The same word is commonly used by St. Paul where he discusses the relation between circumcision and uncircumcision (Romans 2:25–26; Romans 4:9–10; 1 Corinthians 7:18–19, et al.).