Jew

JEW

The first time the word Jew appears in Scripture is in II Kings 16:6 “At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave out the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.”

The second time the word Jew is found is in II Kings 25:25 “But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men, with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.”

The word Jew continues to appear in the Old Testament books of II Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, Esther, Jeremiah, Daniel. In the New Testament, it appears in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians, I Thessalonians and Revelation.

HEBREW Definition of Jew(s)

Yehudiy a Jehudite, that is, Judaite or Jew, descendant of Jehudah, that is Judah, Jew

Yehudah celebrated, Jehudah or Judah, the name of the five

Israelites; also the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory Judah

Yadah A primitive root; to use, that is to hold out the hand; to revere or worship with extended hands; confess, praise, give thanks, thankful, thanksgiving

Yad A primitive word; a hand, the open one, indicating power, direction, consecrate, fellowship

OLD TESTAMENT (Key passages where the words Jew (s) appear)

Ezra 5:1 “Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.”

Ezra 6:14 “And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.”

Nehemiah 5:8 “And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? Or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.”

Nehemiah 1:2-3 “That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.”

Esther 3:6 “And Haman thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: where Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.”

Esther 6:13 “And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.”

Esther 8:7-8 “Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.”

Esther 9:22 “As the day wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor”

Jeremiah 40:12 “Then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpath, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.”

Jeremiah 44:1 “The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein.”

Jeremiah 53:30 “In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the Jews seven hundred forth and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.”

Daniel 3:8, 12 “Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”

GREEK Definition of Jew (s)

Ioudaios Udaean, that is, belonging to Jeudah, of Juda,

Iouda Judah, a part of Palestine, Judah

Ioudas Jehudah, the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region: Judah; Jude

NEW TESTAMENT KEY PASSAGES

John 3:22 “After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.”

John 7:1 “After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.”

Acts 10:28 “And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful things for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.”

Acts 13:6 “And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:”

Acts 21:39 “But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.”

Acts 22:3 “I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”

Ioudaismos

Matthew 2:1 “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.”

Matthew 2:2 “Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”

Mark 7:3 “For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.”

Luke 1:5 “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”

Luke 23:5 “And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.”

John 2:6 “And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.”

John 3:25 “Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.”

John 4:3 “Jesus left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.”

John 4:9 “Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that, thou being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.”

John 5:10 “The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.”

John 7:13 “Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.”

John 9:22 “These words spake his parent, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.”

Acts 2:10 “Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes.”

Acts 14:1 “And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.”

Acts 16:1 “Then came he to Derbe, and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:”

Acts 24:24 “And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.”

Romans 2:28-29 “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”

Galatians 1:13-14 “For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted:”

Galatians 2:15-16 “We who are Jews by nature, and not sinner of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”

Titus 1:14 “Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”

Ioudaizo

Galatians 2:14 “But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?”

Ioudaios

NEW TESTAMENT (Other key passages where the words Jew (s) appear)

Matthew 27:37 “And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Mark 15:26 “And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Luke 23:38 “And the superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

John 19:19-22 “And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was night to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.”

Acts 2:5 “And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.”

Acts 18:1-2 “After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; and found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately came from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome and came unto them.”

Romans 1:16-17 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”

Romans 10:12 “For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

I Corinthians 1:23-24 “For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”

I Corinthians 12:13 “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”

Galatians 3:26-29 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Colossians 3:10-11 “Put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.”

I Thessalonians 2:14 “For ye , brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:”

Revelation 2:9 “I know thy (Smyrna) works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”

Revelation 3:9 “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy (Philadelphia) feet, and to know that I have loved thee.”

NOTE: Also in Revelation 21:9-14f “…I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife…Great city, holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God having the glory of God…Names written on the twelve gates are the twelve tribes of Israel…City had twelve foundations and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb…”

CONCLUSION

Galatians 3:1-5:26 (Larger Passage)

Galatians 3:1-29

V1 “O foolish Galatians, who have bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”

V2 “This only would I learn of you, Receive ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”

V3 “Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”

V4 “Have ye suffered so many things in vain if it be yet in vain?”

V5 “He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”

V6 “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

V7 “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”

V8 “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, say, In thee shall all nations be blessed.”

V9 “So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”

V10 “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.”

V11 “But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.”

V12 “And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.”

V13 “Christ had redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.”

V14 “That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”

V15 “Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulled, or addeth thereto.”

V16 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”

V17 “And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.”

V18 “For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.”

V19 “Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”

V20 “Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

v21 “Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.”

V22 “But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”

V23 “But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”

V24 “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”

V25 “But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.”

V26 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

V27 “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

V28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

V29 “And if ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”