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# Jew, Jewish
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## Facts:
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Jews are people who are descendants of Abraham’ s grandson Jacob. The word “Jew” comes from the word “Judah.”
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* People began to call the Israelites “Jews” after they returned to Judah from their exile in Babylon.
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* Jesus the Messiah was Jewish. However, the Jewish religious leaders rejected Jesus and demanded that he be killed.
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(See also: [Abraham ](../names/abraham.md ), [Jacob ](../names/jacob.md ), [Israel ](../kt/israel.md ), [Babylon ](../names/babylon.md ), [Jewish leaders ](../other/jewishleaders.md ))
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## Bible References:
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* [Acts 02:05 ](rc://en/tn/help/act/02/05 )
* [Acts 10:28 ](rc://en/tn/help/act/10/28 )
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* [Acts 14:5-7 ](rc://en/tn/help/act/14/05 )
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* [Colossians 03:11 ](rc://en/tn/help/col/03/11 )
* [John 02:14 ](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/02/14 )
* [Matthew 28:15 ](rc://en/tn/help/mat/28/15 )
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## Examples from the Bible stories:
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* __[20:11](rc://en/tn/help/obs/20/11)__ The Israelites were now called __Jews__ and most of them had lived their whole lives in Babylon.
* __[20:12](rc://en/tn/help/obs/20/12)__ So, after seventy years in exile, a small group of __Jews__ returned to the city of Jerusalem in Judah.
* __[37:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/37/10)__ Many of the __Jews__ believed in Jesus because of this miracle.
* __[37:11](rc://en/tn/help/obs/37/11)__ But the religious leaders of the __Jews__ were jealous, so they gathered together to plan how they could kill Jesus and Lazarus.
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* __[40:02](rc://en/tn/help/obs/40/02)__ Pilate commanded that they write, “King of the __Jews__ ” on a sign and put it on the cross above Jesus’ head.
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* __[46:06](rc://en/tn/help/obs/46/06)__ Right away, Saul began preaching to the __Jews__ in Damascus, saying, “Jesus is the Son of God!”
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’ s: H3054, H3061, H3062, H3064, H3066, G2450, G2451, G2452, G2453, G2454