When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life."The believers still held prejudices. They thought that Jews were still the chosen people of God, and only they could be saved. Gentiles were still filthy sub-humans, unworthy of God's real attention. Perhaps some could come to believe in God and find a measure of grace, but they would still be second-class citizens, unworthy of contact with Jews.
God had different ideas. Jesus had many times spoken with Gentiles, even healed them. God never intended for there to be a permanent division based on ancestry; instead, any separation should only be after death, and that separation is based on our decisions, not God's.
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