Editing Jewish Christianity (section)

==Etymology==
Early Jewish Christians (i.e. the Jewish followers of Jesus) referred to themselves as followers of "The Way" ({{lang|grc|ἡ ὁδός}}: '''hė hodós'''), probably coming from {{bibleverse|John|14:6|NIV}}, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."{{sfn|Cwiekowski|1988|pp= 79-80}}{{sfn|Pao|2016|p=65}}{{refn|group=note|It appears in the Acts of the Apostles, {{bibleverse|Acts|9:2|NKJV}}, {{bibleverse|Acts|19:9|NKJV}} and {{bibleverse|Acts|19:23|NKJV}}. Some [[English translations of the bible|English translations of the New Testament]] capitalize 'the Way' (e.g. the [[New King James Version]] and the [[English Standard Version]]), indicating that this was how 'the new religion seemed then to be designated'<ref>[[Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary]] on Acts 19, http://biblehub.com/commentaries/jfb//acts/19.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025093118/http://biblehub.com/commentaries/jfb/acts/19.htm |date=2015-10-25}} accessed 8 October 2015</ref> whereas others treat the phrase as indicative—'the way',<ref>Jubilee Bible 2000</ref> 'that way'<ref>[[American King James Version]]</ref> or 'the way of the Lord'.<ref>[[Douai-Rheims Bible]]</ref> The [[Syriac language|Syriac]] version reads, "the way of God" and the [[Vulgate|Vulgate Latin]] version, "the way of the Lord".<ref>Gill, J., ''Gill's Exposition of the Bible'', commentary on Acts 19:23 http://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/acts/19.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025104001/http://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/acts/19.htm |date=2015-10-25 }} accessed 8 October 2015</ref><br />See also [https://biblethingsinbibleways.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/sect-of-the-way-the-nazarenes-christians-names-given-to-the-early-church/ ''Sect of “The Way”, “The Nazarenes” & “Christians” : Names given to the Early Church''].}} According to {{bibleverse|Acts|11:26|NIV}}, the term "Christian" ({{Langx|el|Χριστιανός}}) was first used in reference to Jesus's [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] in the city of [[Early centers of Christianity#Antioch|Antioch]], meaning "followers of Christ", by the non-Jewish inhabitants of Antioch.<ref>E. Peterson (1959), "Christianus." In: ''Frühkirche, Judentum und Gnosis'', publisher: Herder, Freiburg, pp. 353–72</ref> The earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" ({{Langx|el|Χριστιανισμός|links=no}}) was by [[Ignatius of Antioch]], around 100&nbsp;AD.{{sfn|Elwell|Comfort|2001|pp=266, 828}}

The term "Jewish Christian" appears in modern historical texts contrasting Christians of [[Jewish]] origin with [[gentile]] Christians, both in discussion of the [[Apostolic Age|New Testament church]]<ref name="Judaeo-Christians"/><ref name= "Shiffman"/><ref name="JVL"/><ref name="Tabor"/><ref>''Theological dictionary of the New Testament'' (1972), p. 568. Gerhard Kittel, Geoffrey William Bromiley, Gerhard Friedrich: "When the Jewish Christians whom James sent from Jerusalem arrived at Antioch, Cephas withdrew from table-fellowship with the Gentile Christians".</ref><ref>Cynthia White, ''The emergence of Christianity'' (2007), p. 36: "In these early days of the church in Jerusalem there was a growing antagonism between the Greek-speaking Hellenized Jewish Christians and the Aramaic-speaking Jewish Christians".</ref> and the [[Ante-Nicene Period|second and following centuries]].<ref>Michele Murray, ''Playing a Jewish game: Gentile Christian Judaizing in the first and Second Centuries AD'', Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion (2004), p. 97: "Justin is obviously frustrated by continued law observance by Gentile Christians; to impede the spread of the phenomenon, he declares that he does not approve of Jewish Christians who attempt to influence Gentile Christians".</ref>