2:7–9; when there is an exception, as in Col. 4:11, Paul makes this clear). It is Robert Jewett’s theory that it was pressure from Zealots which caused Jewish Christians to try to force Gentile Christians to Judaize.124 On this scenario, Zealots were making life very dangerous in Jerusalem for all who were not Jews. The fact that Jewish Christians were associated with Gentile Christians who were uncircumcised and not keeping kosher laws meant that even Jewish Christians could become Zealot targets.
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