[Truth2012]

You may want to consider that Jesus was a Rabbi for the House of Hillel. That would be a student of a Jewish Rabbi.

It is very difficult to understand Jesus, in fact, if you don’t hear him from a Jewish backdrop.

Jesus is supported for us by Moses, in Leviticus.

Jesus is a Jew. Mary and Joesph are Jews. The Disciples were Jewish. Paul is the only Gentile. Christianity is a belief in the Jewish Messiah.

I think your statement just lacks understanding.

[RoosterRedux]

Paul is the only Gentile

Paul wasn't a gentile.

[sakic]

I understand this:

Christians murdered countless Jews since the inception of Christianity. Thankfully that seems to have for the most part abated. The Moslems are now the standardbearers for that task.

While I am happy that Christians no longer persecute Jews, I wish your reasonings about the shared common ancestories had been the beliefs of Christian history.

To now tell a Jew that he does not understand any of this topic is your opinion but it is not mine.

[Disambiguator]

Paul is the only Gentile.

Paul was a Pharisee, extremely well educated and well-versed in the Old Testament (if you read his letters, you will know).

He preached to the Gentiles, but he certainly wasn't one himself.

[Cronos]

Paul is the only Gentile

? St. Paul was of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin.

You mean St. Luke I guess?

[Lera]

The Disciples were Jewish. Paul is the only Gentile
Paul was no gentile . His name was Saul before changing it to Paul. In his own words he was a Hebrew of Hebrews ,a Pharisee. Saul (Paul) was a student of Rabban Gamaliel (the grandson of Hillel ,the famous Hillel as in House of Hillel not that of Shammai )and he was of the tribe of Benjamin


Php 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

[madison10]

Paul was not a Gentile, although he was a Roman citizen. He preached to the Gentiles, but he was not one—from his own mouth:

Philippians 3:5-7 (NASB)

“...circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.”

I’ve wondered if the Apostle Paul could have been in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion. Also, Mary’s line could have been from the House of David AND Aaron. Elizabeth, Mary’s relative, was married to Zechariah who was OBVIOUSLY a priest. John the Baptist was a Levite.

Jews make a choice on purpose all the way back to the New Testament. The pharisees, priests, etc. assumed Jesus was from Nazareth and was a Galilean, never asking what city he was actually BORN in.