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](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/20-11)__ The Israelites were now called __Jews__ and most of them had lived their whole lives in Babylon.
* __[20-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/20-12)__ So, after seventy years in exile, a small group of __Jews__ returned to the city of Jerusalem in Judah.
* __[37-10](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/37-10)__ Many of the __Jews__ believed in Jesus because of this miracle.
* __[37-11](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/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](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/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](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/46-06)__ Right away, Saul began preaching to the __Jews__ in Damascus, saying, "Jesus is the Son of God!"
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