Editing Supersessionism (section)

===New Testament===
[[File:Saint Paul, Rembrandt van Rijn (and Workshop?), c. 1657.jpg|thumb|''Paul the Apostle'', by [[Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn]] c. 1657]]
In the [[New Testament]], Jesus and others repeatedly give Jews priority in their mission, as in Jesus's expression of him coming to the Jews rather than to gentiles<ref name="Ref_i">{{bibleref2|Mt|15:21-28|NRSV}}; {{bibleref2|Mk|7:23-30|NRSV}}; cf. {{bibleref2|Mt|10:5-6|NRSV}}; {{bibleref2|Acts|3:26|NRSV}}</ref> and in [[Paul the Apostle]]'s formula "first for the Jew, then for the Gentile".<ref name="Ref_j">{{bibleref2|Rom|1:16}}; {{bibleref2-nb|Rom|2:9–10}}</ref> Yet after the death of Jesus, the inclusion of the gentiles as equals in this burgeoning sect of Judaism also caused problems, particularly when it came to gentiles keeping the Mosaic law,<ref name="Ref_k">{{bibleref2|Acts|10:28|NRSV}}; {{bibleref2-nb|Acts|11:1–2|NRSV}}; {{bibleref2-nb|Acts|21:17–28|NRSV}}; {{bibleref2|Gal|2|NRSV}}</ref> which was both a major issue at the [[Council of Jerusalem]] and a theme of Paul's [[Epistle to the Galatians]], though the relationship of [[Paul and Judaism]] is still disputed today.

Paul's views on the Jews are complex, but he is generally regarded as the first person to make the claim that by not accepting claims of [[Jesus' divinity|Jesus's divinity]], non-believing Jews disqualified themselves from salvation.{{sfn |Carroll |2001 |p=58}} Paul himself was a Jew. After a [[Conversion of Paul the Apostle|conversion experience]] he came to accept Jesus's claim to be the Messiah later in his life. In the opinion of Roman Catholic ex-priest [[James Carroll (author)|James Carroll]], accepting Jesus's divinity, for Paul, was dichotomous with being a Jew. His personal conversion and his understanding of the dichotomy between being Jewish and accepting Jesus's divinity, was the religious philosophy he wanted to see adopted among other Jews of his time. However, New Testament scholar [[N.T. Wright]] argues that Paul saw his faith in Jesus as precisely the fulfillment of his Judaism, not that there was any tension between being Jewish and Christian.{{sfn |Wright |2018 |p=53}} Christians quickly adopted Paul's views.{{sfn |Carroll |2001 |p=138}}

For most of Christian history, supersessionism has been the mainstream interpretation of the New Testament of all three major historical traditions within Christianity – [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]], [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and [[Protestantism|Protestant]].{{sfn |Lewis |2004 |pp=61–62}} The text most often evident in favor of the supersessionist view is Hebrews 8:13: "In speaking of 'a new covenant' [Jer. 31.31–32] he has made the first one obsolete."{{sfn |Levine |Brettler |2011 |p=4}} Other statements by Jesus have also been used, namely '''Matthew 21:43''' ''"Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits."''