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I appreciate your response.
First - check your Greek. The verse you quoted does not say Jew in Greek. The word Jew was put in modern Bibles about 200 years ago. The Greek word is Judean. Huge difference but largely irrelevant.
Quoting: mathetesYour spiting hairs to justify your dogma
The Greek word used is Ioudaios compare it to the superscription on the cross
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IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM (Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum), which translates to English as "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the
JewsChrist was from Galilee not Judea
When Flavius Josephus wrote War of the Jews,which describes in detail the Roman conquest of Israel,was he only talking about Judea? Or all of Eretz Yisrael = Land of Israel (ie the Jews)Galilee,Judea,Samaria etc His audience knew exactly what he was talking about.
When the Emperor Claudius banned all Jews from Rome in 49 AD was he only talking about Judeans? Funny because even Jewish Christian were kicked out of Rome per Acts
1st century context OP,its important
