Galatians 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 2:11

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

BSB

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ASV

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

KJV

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Galatians (420)

(Verse 11 onwards) But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles. But when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But when Peter was come to Antioch,.... The Alexandrian copy, and others, and the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, instead of "Peter", read "Cephas", who, by some ancient writers, is said to be not Peter the Apostle, named Cephas by Christ, but one of the seventy disciples.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Antioch was one of the chief churches of the Gentile Christians, as Jerusalem was of those Christians who turned from Judaism to the faith of Christ. There is no colour of reason for the supposition that Peter was bishop of Antioch.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But when Peter was come to Antioch - On the situation of Antioch, see the note at Act 11:19. The design for which Paul introduces this statement here is evident. It is to show that he regarded himself as on a level with the chief apostles, and that he did not acknowledge his inferiority to any of them. Peter was the oldest, and probably the most honored of the apostles.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Christian fathers may be trusted generally as witnesses to facts, but not implicitly followed in matters of opinion. come to Antioch--then the citadel of the Gentile Church: where first the Gospel was preached to idolatrous Gentiles, and where the name "Christians" was first given (Ac 11:20, 26), and where Peter is said to have been subsequently bishop.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὅτε	Hote	When	G3753 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἦλθεν	ēlthen	came	G2064 →
Κηφᾶς	Kēphas	Peter	G2786 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἀντιόχειαν,	Antiocheian	Antioch,	G490 →
κατὰ	kata	to	G2596 →
πρόσωπον	prosōpon	face	G4383 →
αὐτῷ	autō	his	G846 →
ἀντέστην,	antestēn	I opposed [him],	G436 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
κατεγνωσμένος	kategnōsmenos	condemned	G2607 →
ἦν.	ēn	he was standing.	G1510 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 15:1
Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
leads to
- Galatians 5:6
  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Acts 15:5
  But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- Colossians 2:8
  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 7:18–19
  Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
- Leviticus 12:3
  And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
Through
2 Corinthians 5:16
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
leads to
- Colossians 3:11
  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Philippians 3:7–8
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- John 6:63
  The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Galatians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians