02-03-2004, 02:14 AM
The "Jewish" BAR-Mitzvah uses the Aramaic Bar instead of Hebrew Ben...
"The leaders were not former Jews. They were still Jews who happened to believe that the Messiah of Israel had come. One doesn't stop being Jewish when he believes in Yeshua.
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Depends on your definition. If the definition is race, of course you are right. if the definition is Pharisaic Judaism, then they were Christians later, no longer "Jews". This is in religious terms. You cannot be Buddhist AND Christian for instance.
"The leaders were not former Jews. They were still Jews who happened to believe that the Messiah of Israel had come. One doesn't stop being Jewish when he believes in Yeshua.
"
Depends on your definition. If the definition is race, of course you are right. if the definition is Pharisaic Judaism, then they were Christians later, no longer "Jews". This is in religious terms. You cannot be Buddhist AND Christian for instance.