How can I make that comment?
Because of your use of the word 'paganized.'
'Paganized', although not defined in Webster, implies that they were, at one time, not pagan. That a process occurred to make them pagan.
I wasn't personally assuming that Samaria was populated by descendants of the ten tribes. I surmised that you believed that because of your use of the word 'paganized.'
As to not having a ministry to the gentiles, I think that is exactly what you were saying. Until Saul of Tarsus. I think you have been saying that Jesus commanded the 12 to go forth to the lost tribes of Israel. And that only Saul of Tarsus was to have a ministry to the Gentiles.
Congrats on the little league game, btw!
I'm sorry....you are correct. That was a poor choice of words on my part.
As to not having a ministry to the gentiles, I think that is exactly what you were saying. Until Saul of Tarsus. I think you have been saying that Jesus commanded the 12 to go forth to the lost tribes of Israel. And that only Saul of Tarsus was to have a ministry to the Gentiles.
You are forgetting Luke, Timothy, Barnabas as well as hundreds of other disciples who went out among the Gentiles. All I have ever said was that the original twelve were told not to go there. The ministry to the Gentiles was not an instantaneous thing.....it came later.