Why did some Jews convert to Christianity?

Answer 1

I dont know what era or year your refering to, but generally Jewish and Christianity share the same story of creation and we both follow the Old Testament. The Torah is based on the old testament in The Bible. So we arn't we off, the only difference is that Christians believe that Jesus was the chosen on, Jewish are still waiting for the chosen one. So i guess Jewish convert to Christianity because we are probably the closest considering we share the same roots.

Answer 2

Early Roman Period

The gospels speak of thousands of Jews coming to listen to Jesus. Many Jews were said to have been eyewitnesses to his miracles and could only have believed.

Acts of the Apostles continues this theme, with just three occasions resulting in numerous conversions: three thousand baptised on just one day (2:41); five thousand who believed on another occasion (4:4); at another time, many were baptised (10:45-48). According to Acts, the sick and lame came just to have Peter's shadow fall on them, so that they would be healed, and Peter performed many miracles that would have convinced even the most skeptical. Acts 21:20 talks about "how many thousands of Jews" there are which believe.

Those are the reasons the Jews should have converted to Christianity. Yet, it seems that they did not do so. By the end of the century, only a small minority of Jews seem to have been Christians.

Late Roman Period and Medieval Period

Many Jews converted to Christianity in Middle Ages to escape persecution and expulsions or for the political and economic opportunities that came with conversion. Being a Christian in European Medieval Society insured protection from the persistent pogroms and massacres. For Jews who valued their faith less than their security, conversion seemed appropriate. Of course, there were also Jews who saw the validity of Christian claims and converted on that account, but such conversions were minimal. In fact, many Jews who converted secretly practiced Jewish rituals at times (like the Spanish Inquisition) when discovery of such doings would lead to torture and death.

Modern Period

Far fewer Jews converted to Christianity in the Modern Period, because Jews were emancipated in the Modern Period. There has been a small trickle of Jews converting to Christianity because of its theological claims or not wishing to stick out in societies with very small Jewish populations, but this remains minimal.

Answer 3

the Jew way could have made more since than Christianity

Answer 4

There are and were many excuses for such behavior, including imitation, fear, physical desires, emotional desires, etc.

Answer 5

In Jesus' lifetime he had many Jewish followers, but after his death, the Jewish following ceased, and Christianity moved to the gentile nations.