Bible Discussion Thread

I can't help but disagree with Eric's comment above. Jesus helped non jews as well as jews in his lifetime, for example, the Roman Centurion whose servant he healed, the Samaritan woman at the well plus all of her villagers who came to believe in him. There was another woman non Jewish - she asked for healing for her daughter but Jesus at first refused and then because of her faith he granted her request (the crumbs etc).
Jesus also tells a parable about a rich man who invited his friends to a banquet, but they all made excuses. So he sent his servants out to bring the poor and the sick off the streets to partake of the banquet. I understand that to mean that the rich are the Jewish people and the poor and sick are the gentiles.
If you take the Apostle Paul, he believed that he was to be the Apostle to the Gentiles.
So I don't believe that Jesus was just for the Jews, I think he was for everybody.
In 2 Peter 2 he says that God is patient because he is waiting for all souls to be healed and brought to salvation (I paraphrase).