According to the historian Josephus, for example, when the Maccabean John Hyrcanus subdued the Idumaeans, he “permitted them to remain in their country so long as they had themselves circumcised and were willing to observe the laws of the Jews. ”
यीशु ने कहा कि शास्त्री और फरीसी, लोगों का धर्म - परिवर्तन कराने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ते थे, मगर वे ऐसा उन लोगों की भलाई के लिए नहीं करते थे ।