Disciple (Christianity)

===Sinners and tax collectors===
The gospels use the term "sinners and tax collectors" to depict those he fraternized with. [[Sinners]] were Jews who violated [[Tumah|purity rules]], or generally any of the [[613 mitzvot]], or possibly Gentiles who violated [[Noahide Law]], though [[halacha]] was still in dispute in the 1st century, see also [[Hillel and Shammai]] and [[Circumcision controversy in early Christianity]]. Tax collectors profited from the Roman economic system that the Romans imposed in [[Iudaea province]], which was displacing Galileans in their own homeland, foreclosing on family land and selling it to absentee landlords. In the honor-based culture of the time, such behavior went against the social grain.