Acts 11 · a question people ask
"those who were of the circumcision contended with him" (11:2). Who were they?
The chapter names them only this way, and gives their words: "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!" (11:3). It says the news had come to "the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea" (11:1), and that Peter "explained to them in order" (11:4). In Acts 10, "They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter" (10:45); the chapter doesn't say whether any of those are among the people of 11:2, and these notes don't say either. Acts says no more about them here, and these notes add nothing from outside the Bible.
The verses
“Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him, saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!” But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,”
“They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.”