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The word G3101-disciple

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Jesus healed a man born blind. The Pharisees interviewed him in Jn 9:

28 They reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Strong's Greek: 3101. μαθητής (mathétés) — 263 Occurrences

Disciples of different schools were common.

Mt 9:

14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
BDAG:
① one who engages in learning through instruction from another, pupil, apprentice
② one who is rather constantly associated with someone who has a pedagogical reputation or a particular set of views, disciple, adherent
ⓑ esp. of the disciples of Jesus
γ. Even after Jesus’ resurrection those who followed him were called μ. (generations later, as Socrates is called the μ. of Homer. … Ac uses μ. almost exclusively to denote the members of the new community of believers, so that it almost=Christian.

G3101 carried a sense of teacher-pupil apprentice relationship. In general, a G3101-disciple could have a range of seriousness. Jesus demanded the utmost from his disciples. Luke 14:

26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Jesus commissioned his disciples in Mt 28:

18b “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples [G3100] of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Ac 11:

25 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
Christians were disciples of Christ. After the book of Acts, none of the NT books had the word G3101.