He rejected the Jews as his special nation; their keeping the Law was no longer the means to obtain his approval.
او یهودیان را مردود شمرده بود و آنان دیگر قوم خاص او محسوب نمی‌شدند ،‏ و دیگر رعایت قوانین شریعت مایهٔ خوشنودی او نبود .‏