Jesus Was Not A Jew, Either By Religion Or By Ancestry

Jesus was an Israelite. He was a direct descendant of Levi through Aaron.1 Levi was a son of Jacob. Jacob was named Israel by God.2 Jesus was also a direct descendant of Judah through David. Judah was also a son of Jacob.3 Jacob’s sons were the first Israelites. Jesus was specifically an Israelite because he was a direct descendant of two of the sons of Jacob/Israel.4

Why then, does everyone say that Jesus was a Jew? Most people think that Jesus was a Jew, but Jesus was an Israelite, not a Jew. Israelites were the ones who were called the chosen people of God.5 Edomites, and their descendants, now called Jews, are not the chosen people. The fact that modern day Jews want us to think they are descended from Israelites is one of the greatest intentional lies, or misunderstandings, in all of history.

It would be virtually impossible to find a book written about Jesus that doesn’t describe him as a Jew. Are they all calling him a Jew because they think he was a Jew by religion? Are they all calling him a Jew because they think he was a Jew by ancestry? A person can be a Jew by religion while not being a Jew by ancestry, and a person can be a Jew by ancestry while not being a Jew by religion. Just what are the facts concerning the religion and ancestry of Jesus?

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ok but can someone please explain why the word Jew is always used in the Bible when referencing Israelites? I have yet to see a clear explanation for this.

And what is implied by Israelite ethnicity? Are those the ancestors of europeans? Is the claim being made that Jesus was white?
 
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Samson said:
ok but can someone please explain why the word Jew is always used in the Bible when referencing Israelites? I have yet to see a clear explanation for this.

And what is implied by Israelite ethnicity? Are those the ancestors of europeans? Is the claim being made that Jesus was white?
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ya same sounds like cope. Gives the same energy as when blacks try to explain that Jesus was black because of Revelation 1:14-15.
 

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Samson said:
ok but can someone please explain why the word Jew is always used in the Bible when referencing Israelites? I have yet to see a clear explanation for this.

And what is implied by Israelite ethnicity? Are those the ancestors of europeans? Is the claim being made that Jesus was white?
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I'll look into this. Might have to do with the Greek the old testament is written in. The common word for "Jew" in Greek is "Εβραίος" which means "Hebrew," while "Judean" is written as "Ἰουδαῖος." They sound very similar and have similar meaning, both being a way to say Jew while the later is a more formal and precise name for the people of Judea. The first one technically refers to Hebrews but colloquially means Jew.

TL;DR Greek has words for Hebrew and Judean, which are very similar, but nothing that just means "Jew."
 
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^right, but why do ALL Bible translations use the word Jew in the same way?

at no point does it ever make a distinction between Israelite and Jew, they're treated as the same thing and used interchangeably.

makes no sense why this should even be an issue.
 
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