Editing Paul the Apostle (section)

=== Incident at Antioch ===
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Despite the agreement achieved at the Council of Jerusalem, Paul recounts how he later publicly confronted Peter in a dispute sometimes called the "[[Incident at Antioch]]", over Peter's reluctance to share a meal with Gentile Christians in Antioch because they did not strictly adhere to Jewish customs.{{sfn|Bechtel|1910}}

Writing later of the incident, Paul recounts, "I opposed [Peter] to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong", and says he told Peter, "You are a Jew, yet you [[Hellenistic Judaism|live like a Gentile and not like a Jew]]. How is it, then, that you [[Judaizers|force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs]]?"<ref name="Bibleref2|Gal.|2:11–14">{{Bibleverse|Galatians|2:11–14}}</ref> Paul also mentions that even Barnabas, his traveling companion and fellow apostle until that time, sided with Peter.{{sfn|Bechtel|1910}}

The outcome of the incident remains uncertain. The ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' suggests that Paul won the argument, because "Paul's account of the incident leaves no doubt that Peter saw the justice of the rebuke".{{sfn|Bechtel|1910}} However, Paul himself never mentions a victory, and [[L. Michael White]]'s ''From Jesus to Christianity'' draws the opposite conclusion: "The blowup with Peter was a total failure of political bravado, and Paul soon left Antioch as ''persona non grata'', never again to return".{{sfn|White|2007|p=170}}

The primary source account of the incident at Antioch is Paul's [[Epistle to the Galatians|letter to the Galatians]].<ref name="Bibleref2|Gal.|2:11–14"/>