Palestinian Christians - a history of oppression and displacement - The Stones Cry Out, page-5

In biblical times the Jews would have forced the Hebrew Christians to convert to Judaism. Convert or have your throat slit.
You make converts easily that way.

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”