diff --git a/bible/other/gentile/01.md b/bible/other/gentile/01.md index b4d95f72..0a9bf959 100644 --- a/bible/other/gentile/01.md +++ b/bible/other/gentile/01.md @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ The term "Gentile" refers to anyone who is not a Jew. Gentiles are people who ar * In the Bible, the term "uncircumcised" is also used figuratively to refer to Gentiles because many of them did not circumcise their male children as the Israelites did. * Because God chose the Jews to be his special people, they thought of the Gentiles as outsiders who could never be God's people. -* The Jews were also called "Israelites" or "Hebrews" at different times in history. They referred to everyone else as a "Gentile." +* The Jews were also called "Israelites" or "Hebrews" at different times in history. They referred to anyone else as a "Gentile." * Gentile could also be translated as "not a Jew" or "non-Jewish" or "not an Israelite" (Old Testament) or "non-Jew.". -* Traditionally, Jews would not eat with Gentiles or associate with them, which at first caused problems within the early church. +* Traditionally, Jews would neither eat with nor associate with Gentiles, which at first caused problems within the early church. (See also: [[other/israel]],[[other/jacob]] **ยท** [[other/jew]])