![]() ![]() ![]() One of those who took the driving-out part seriously was a Jew named Saul, originating from Tarsus (a city in Asia Minor, today's Turkey).īut, as he later wrote in his "epistles" or "letters," after participating in persecutions of the Jesus sect, Saul had a sudden change of heart. This is a splinter sect that has no place in Judaism, therefore, we've got to drive them out. The attitude of the rabbis was that these people, Jews though they may be, are pursuing an ideology that is off the Jewish path and their skewed beliefs are going to pollute the Jewish people. Indeed, it had become offensive in Jewish eyes and the Jesus followers were considered heretics(1). The Jesus sect in Jerusalem remained small and was simply not spreading among the Jews. ![]()
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