Acts 11:3

"saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them"Saying" Here is the bone of contention. "And didst eat with them". similar accusation had been made against Jesus (Luke 15:1). The expression, "men uncircumcised", would have been said in. degrading manner. Here we find that the early Christians of. Jewish background were unprepared for something. They could embrace Gentiles who had been circumcised (that is had previously converted to Judaism), and then converted to Christianity (Acts 2:10), and Samaritans (they were circumcised) (Acts 8:5). But it appears that these early Christians had just taken it for granted that either uncircumcised Gentiles would not be receptive to the gospel or they had to be circumcised prior to conversion.