And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Peter came to Antioch eating freely with Gentile believers, as the Spirit had taught him; but when Jewish Christians arrived, he withdrew, and this hypocrisy I had to oppose to his face. His fault proved plainly that he was not superior to me, and so the papacy's claim to his infallibility falls to pieces.
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Commenting on Galatians 2:11-21
And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him,.... Not the men that came from James, for they never acted otherwise, and therefore could not be said to dissemble; but the Jews that were members of this church at Antioch from the beginning; or who came along with Paul and Barnabas, and stayed with them there; see Act 15:35 and who before had ate with the...
Verse 13. And the other Jews. That is, those who had been converted to Christianity. It is probable that they were induced to do it by the example of Peter, as they would naturally regard him as a leader. Dissembled likewise with him. Dissembled or concealed their true sentiments.