“Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a ‘Jew’ or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or a Hebrew.”
(1980 Jewish Almanac, p. 3).
“Jews began to call themselves Hebrews and Israelites in 1860″ —Encyclopedia Judaica 1971 Vol 10:23
“The Jewish religion as it is today traces its descent, without a break, through all the centuries, from the Pharisees.” Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 3 pg. 474
Jesus speaking to the Jewish Pharisees:
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.” John 8:44
“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” Matthew 23:33