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First, Pharisees believed in a broad and literal interpretation of Exodus (19:3–6), "you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation," [54]: 40 and the words of 2 Maccabees (2:17): "God gave all the people the heritage, the kingdom, the priesthood, and ...
These are found in Matthew 23 verses 13–16, 23, 25, 27 and 29. Only six are given in Luke, whose version is thus known as the six woes: three are directed to the Pharisees and three to the scribes. [2] The woes mostly criticise the Pharisees for hypocrisy and perjury. They illustrate the differences between inner and outer moral states. [1]
This account of persecution is part of a general theme of anti-Christian persecution by both Romans and Jews, one that starts with the Pharisee rejection of Jesus's ministry, the cleansing of the Temple, and continues on with his trial before the High Priest, his crucifixion, and the Pharisees' refusal to accept him as the Jewish messiah.
The Pharisees therefore said to Him, "You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true". [20] The Pharisees complain that Jesus bears witness to himself, an issue also addressed in the Prologue: John the Baptist came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to ...
The New Testament claims that the Pharisees believed in the resurrection, but does not specify whether this included the flesh or not. [9] According to Josephus , who himself was a Pharisee, the Pharisees held that only the soul was immortal and the souls of good people will be reincarnated and "pass into other bodies," while "the souls of the ...
Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, ... These Jews believed that Jesus was the prophesied Messiah and they continued their adherence to Jewish law.
In the late Second Temple period, the Pharisees believed in resurrection, while Essenes and Sadducees did not. [7] During the Rabbinic period, beginning in the late first century and carrying on to the present, the works of Daniel were included into the Hebrew Bible, signaling the adoption of Jewish resurrection into the officially sacred texts.
Nicodemus is thought to have been one of about 6,000 Pharisees at the time. [3] Jesus was not well regarded by the Pharisees or Sanhedrin. Any meetings with Jesus would have jeopardized a Pharisee's position and reputation, and so this may have the reason for him coming by night. [3]