[higgmeister]

And they remained Jewish. The original controversy was whether Gentiles could be saved without having to become Jews.

You may be able to go back to the Hebrew or Greek to verify, but I believe that Jesus saying in John 3:16:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

At that, no Pharisee should have had anything else to say.

God included us all.

[cowboyusa]

Yes, but the Apostles were slow to understand his full message.