Ezra 4:12
4:12 Now
let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city.
They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations.
Nehemiah 4:2
4:2 and in the presence of his colleagues
and the army of Samaria
he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves?
Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?”
Acts 18:14-16
18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak,
Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy,
I would have been justified in accepting the complaint
of you Jews,
18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement
about words and names and your own law, settle
it yourselves. I will not be
a judge of these things!”
18:16 Then he had them forced away
from the judgment seat.
Acts 23:29
23:29 I found he
was accused with reference to controversial questions
about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
Acts 25:19-20
25:19 Rather they had several points of disagreement
with him about their own religion
and about a man named Jesus
who was dead, whom Paul claimed
to be alive.
25:20 Because I was at a loss
how I could investigate these matters,
I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried
there on these charges.
Romans 3:1-2
3:1 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?
3:2 Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.