According to the Teliya, in 86CE the Sanhedrin decided that it would be best if the Notzrim were dealt with by [[Apollos]]'s doctrine so ordered Hakham Elijah (Rav Shimeon HaKalpus) to fulfil Devarim 32 by organising the Ishmaelim in such a way as to make the Notzrim jealous and thereby attract them away from Israel's Qehal to be subsumed into the Torah for Amim instead of allowing them to invoke HaShem's wrath by letting them trample the Torah for the Qehal.
As a result, despite its correct application, the word Notzrim soon came to be synonymous with Christians. Nevertheless, although Notzrim came out of the Royalists who followed the Sions ([[Netzarim]]) of the House of David, they originally had no connection to either Tertullus' description of Paul, nor to the later 4th Century [[NazarenesNazoraioi]]. Ray Pritz (''Nazarene Jewish Christianity: from the end of the New Testament'' 1988 p17) writes:
:''Pliny's Nazerini - While treating the name of the sect, we may deal here with a short notice by Pliny the Elder which has caused some confusion among scholars. .... Can Pliny's Nazerini be early Christians? The answer depends very much on the identification of his sources, and on this basis the answer must be an unequivocal No. It is generally acknowledged that Pliny drew heavily on official records and most likely on those drawn up for Augustus by Marcus Agrippa (d. 12 BC).[31] Jones has shown that this survey was accomplished between 30 and 20 BC [32] Any connection between the Nazerini and the Nazareni must, therefore, be ruled out, and we must not attempt to line this up with Epiphanius' Nazoraioi. [33]"