Jew, Jewish, Jews

Facts:

Jews are people who are descendants of Abraham's grandson Jacob. The word "Jew" comes from the word "Judah."

People began to call the Israelites "Jews" after they returned to Judah from their exile in Babylon.
Jesus the Messiah was Jewish. However, the Jewish religious leaders rejected Jesus and demanded that he be killed.
Often the phrase "the Jews" refers to the leaders of the Jews, not all the Jewish people. In those contexts, some translations add "leaders of" to make this clear.

20:11 The Israelites were now called Jews and most of them had lived their whole lives in Babylon.
20:12 So, after seventy years in exile, a small group of Jews returned to the city of Jerusalem in Judah.
37:10 Many of the Jews believed in Jesus because of this miracle.
37:11 But the religious leaders of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered together to plan how they could kill Jesus and Lazarus.
40:02 Pilate commanded that they write, "King of the Jews" on a sign and put it on the cross above Jesus' head.
46:06 Right away, Saul began preaching to the Jews in Damascus, saying, "Jesus is the Son of God!"