Yes, I agree, I know. These hypocrites were condemned by Christ not because of their ancestry but because of their self-righteousness and teaching "the commandments of men" as God's law.
This argument is like the one I had with somebody here, I think it was that anticlutch guy, he didn't want to call alcoholism an addiction so I tried to narrow it down to habit and he still didn't agree (or at least, he never answered).
Jesus was a Hebrew, like the apostle Paul, who stated he (Paul) was "a Hebrew of Hebrews." If 'jew' is too ambiguous then a term should be agreed upon and acceptable to all.
Where anticlutch is correct though, is on the translation of "Ioudaios" into "jew"
Ioudaios (Ancient Greek: Ἰουδαῖος; pl. Ἰουδαῖοι Ioudaioi)[n 1][2] is an Ancient Greek ethnonym used in classical and biblical literature which commonly translates to "Jew" or "Judean".[3][4] The choice of translation is the subject of frequent scholarly debate, given its central importance to passages in the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament) as well as works of other writers such as Josephus and Philo. Translating it as Jews is seen to imply connotations as to the religious beliefs of the people, whereas translating it as Judeans confines the identity within the geopolitical boundaries of Judea.[5] A related translation debate refers to the terms ἰουδαΐζειν (verb),[6] literally translated as "Judaizing" (compare Judaizers),[7] and Ἰουδαϊσμός (noun), controversially translated as Judaism or Judeanism.[8]
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Also, this:
https://poal.co/s/Jewspiracy/581335
Technically, a Gentile is anyone who is not of Jewish(descendants of Judah)/Israelite descent. This would include Ham’s, Japheth’s, and even some of Shem’s descendants. Arabs, for example, are Gentiles even though they are descendants of Shem. The descendants of Ham and Japheth are Gentiles.
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2the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras; 3the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath...
I guess that's one way to interpret it
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