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Not surprisingly, Calvin strongly opposes this understanding and goes further to apply it not only to the Jews of Jesus’ day but also to the papal party of his own day (Calvin, Comm., 1963: 264).

A number of other writers agree with the application of this passage to Israel; that the status of being the chosen race has been taken from the Jews and given to the Gentiles (for example, see Origen, Sermons on Genesis, 3.5; Didymus the Blind, Comm. on 1 Peter; Bede, On 1 Peter). Here, we see a glimpse of the often bitter controversy which was to develop concerning the relation between Christians and Jews. In fact as time progresses, the controversy has become more and more divisive.