I assume that you are speaking of the Pharisees, and the High Priest who persecuted the early Christians. However, you must remember that the earliest Christians were all Jews themselves, and the Christian movement was seen as a renegade segment.
I assume that you are speaking of the Pharisees, and the High Priest who persecuted the early Christians.
Yes.
However, you must remember that the earliest Christians were all Jews themselves, and the Christian movement was seen as a renegade segment.
They weren't all Jews, though most were in the beginning. But while the Religious Jews were persecuting Christianity it was rapidly spreading to the gentile population.