Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
He withdrew
Fearing
General references
Bible References
He did
Acts 10:28
"You are doubtless aware that it is forbidden for a Jew to be intimate with a foreigner, or even to enter his house; and yet God has shown me that I ought not to call any man 'defiled' or 'unclean.'
Acts 11:3
On the ground that he had visited people who were not circumcised, and had taken meals with them.
Ephesians 2:15
And in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them--the Law with its injunctions and ordinances--in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one New Man and thus make peace.
Ephesians 3:6
That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.
He withdrew
Luke 15:2
But the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law found fault. "This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!" they complained.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Shun every form of evil.
Fearing
Matthew 26:69
Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!"
General references
Luke 5:38
But new wine must be put into fresh skins.
Luke 15:2
But the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law found fault. "This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!" they complained.
Galatians 2:18
For, if I rebuild the very things that I pulled down, I prove myself to have done wrong.