“But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, 'The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses' — the Jewish Christian Pharisees reassert the Judaizing position with emphasis on the law of Moses (nomos Mousēs), suggesting that Torah observance remains binding on all Christians. These are not outsiders but believers within the Jerusalem church, indicating a serious internal division.
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