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To: AnalogReigns
After the Jewish war of 69-72 AD, however, mixed communities of Jewish/Gentile "Christians" (as they had started to be called) did not support the Jewish uprising against Rome...(as Jesus Kingdom, as He said, was "not of this world") and Jerusalem with the temple was utterly razed, a LOT of bad blood developed between the Jew's who didn't follow Jesus, and those who did"""

If you read the Book of Acts, the bad blood between Jews who accepted Jesus and those who didn't, started right away. Stephen was Jewish, wasn't he - and he was stoned by the Sanhedrin for professing Christ. Paul, also Jewish, participated in that execution -- and then was targeted for execution himself when he became a follower of Jesus.

25 posted on 12/16/2005 3:19:59 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff

Clearly you are right....with much of the Jewish leadership--some of whom had after all pushed for Jesus crucifixion by Rome. Also in Acts it appears, in Judea at least, followers of Jesus were banned from Synagogues.... The apostle Paul though, as late as the 40s and 50s AD, was accepted as a Jewish teacher in synagogues in Asia Minor, however.

The break after the destruction of Jerusalem (at which point arguably, Gentiles out-numbered Jews in following Jesus) was a popular, and pretty final break, not just one of the formal Jewish leadership. I'm talking popular opinion.


29 posted on 12/16/2005 3:26:24 PM PST by AnalogReigns
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