And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
And all the other Jewish believers started playing the same fake game with him, and it got so bad that even Barnabas got swept up in all the pretending.
Even good people can get caught up in going along with what everyone else is doing instead of standing up for what's right.
📚 Historical Context
In the early church, there was significant tension between Jewish and Gentile believers over whether Gentiles needed to follow Jewish laws to be part of the faith. Paul describes an incident in Antioch where Peter, influenced by Jewish Christians from Jerusalem, stopped eating with Gentiles to avoid criticism, which was a form of hypocrisy. This event shows how peer pressure affected even close companions like Barnabas, highlighting the challenges of integrating Jewish and Gentile communities in the fledgling church.
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