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Chrysostom: " Or; Luke relates that the Pharisees, but Matthew that the disciples of John, said thus, because the Pharisees had taken them with them to ask the question, as they afterwards did the Herodians. Observe how when strangers, as before the Publicans, were to be defended, He accuses heavily those that blamed them; but when they brought ...
Pharisees claimed Mosaic authority for their interpretation [5] of Jewish religious law, while Sadducees represented the authority of the priestly privileges and prerogatives established since the days of Solomon, when Zadok, their ancestor, officiated as high priest. Pharisees are notable by the numerous references to them in the New Testament.
In his commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke, [6] John Calvin says this is part of the larger answer Christ is making to the Pharisees about the fact his disciples did not fast twice a week as they did, and as the disciples of John the Baptist did (Calvin also points out that the Pharisees were using it as a way to create a division between ...
Some people asked why is it that the disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees (often) fast, [29] or were engaged in fasting just at that point in time, [24] but the disciples of Jesus did not fast .
The New Testament often depicts Pharisees as displaying a punctilious adherence to Jewish law. The Pharisee depicted in this parable went beyond his fellows, fasting more often than was required, and giving a tithe on all he received, even in cases where the religious rules did not require it. [ 2 ]
Most of the Talmud's Tractate Ta'anit ("Fast[s]") is dedicated to the protocol involved in declaring and observing fast days. Commemorative mourning: Most communal fast days that are set permanently in the Jewish calendar serve this purpose. These fasts include: Tisha B'Av, the Seventeenth of Tammuz, the Tenth of Tevet, and the Fast of Gedalia ...
The Pharisees were known for their pious practices. However sometimes it seems their whole sanctity consisted in outward practices such as frequent washings before their meals, even when they were taking their food. It was for this reason, according to John 2:6, that at the wedding at Cana, six water-pots were present for these purificatory ...
But John’s disciples had somewhat of bitterness and jealousy towards the Lord, as their former enquiry showed, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?" [4] Chrysostom: "Yet whilst John was with them he held them rightly convinced concerning Christ. But when he was going to die, he was more concerned on their behalf.