{The like gift} (	(886e) is(886e) d(9372)ean). The equal gift, equal
in quality, rank, or measure. Common word. {When we believed}
(pisteusasin). First aorist active participle of pisteu(935c) in
the dative case. It agrees both with h(886d)in (unto us) and with
autois (unto them), "having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ."
Both classes (Gentiles and Jews) trusted in Christ, and both
received the Holy Spirit. {Who was I} (eg(9320)tis (886d)(886e)). Note
order, "_I_, who was I." "{That I could withstand God}" (dunatos
k(936c)(9673)ai ton theon). Literally, "able to withstand or hinder
God." It is a rhetorical question, really two questions. Who was
I ? Was I able to hinder God? Peter's statement of the facts made
an unanswerable defence. And yet Peter ( Ga 2:11 ) will later in
Antioch play the coward before emissaries from Jerusalem on this
very point of eating with Gentile Christians.