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DAY TWO: Just How Jewish Was Jesus?

Let’s take a closer look at the extent of Jesus’ Jewishness.

Jesus was recognized as a rabbi

Jesus was so remarkable in His understanding of the Hebrew Bible that He earned the title of rabbi.

“Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God.” John 3:2.

Jesus chose twelve Jews to be His disciples

The fact that He chose only Jews tells us just how targeted His ministry was to the descendants of Abraham.

It is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom. 1:16.

Jesus ministered mostly to Jews

It is easy for us to see how Jesus’ main mission and ministry on earth extended far past the Jewish people. But we also must not forget that saving Gentiles was not Jesus’ initial focus.

“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matt. 15:24.

Jesus sent the Holy Spirit on the Jewish feast Shavuot

Jewish tradition teaches that it was on this day of Shavuot, or Pentecost, when God appeared to His people on top of Mount Sinai and spoke to them so that they heard His voice. On this same day fifteen hundred years later God once again spoke to His people by His Spirit.