Gentiles are anyone who is not Jewish.
Samaritans are an ethnic group of Jewish descent with a complex history. See the Web Link to the left for more details.
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There are 751 modern day Samaritans. They live mostly in Tel Aviv and surrounding areas and they speak Hebrew and Arabic. The Samaritans prefer the term Isrealites to describe themselves.
When Assyrian settlers mixed with Israelites still living in Israel, Samaritans developed a hybrid religion.
They were Jews.
No - Paul felt a special calling to go to the gentiles and preach the Good News of Jesus to them. Answer 2: It was before (and not after) his conversion that Paul was persecuting Jewish Christians (not Gentiles). Then he had a special experience on the road to Damascus which turned his life around.
To keep them from mixing with gentiles