the Gentile world.119 N. T. Wright has made it abundantly clear that repentance as a condition of personal salvation is probably the last thing they would have associated with John’s and Jesus’ invitations.120 Even though they were back in the land, they believed that the exile had not ended. The high priest, Caiaphas, acknowledged that even though many Jews still lived in the land, the people were not united as one people. “The children of God,” He said, “are scattered