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Pharisees, The
A sect of the Jews - Ac 15:5
The strictest observers of the Mosaic ritual - Ac 26:5
By descent, especially esteemed - Ac 23:6
Character of
- Zealous of the law
- Ac 15:5; Php 3:5- Zealous of tradition
- Mr 7:3,5-8; Ga 1:14- Outwardly moral
- Lu 18:11; Php 3:5,6- Rigid in fasting
- Lu 5:33; 18:12- Active in proselytising
- Mt 23:15- Self-righteous
- Lu 16:15; 18:9- Avaricious
- Mt 23:14; Lu 16:14- Ambitious of precedence
- Mt 23:6- Fond of public salutations
- Mt 23:7- Fond of distinguished titles
- Mt 23:7-10- Particular in paying all dues
- Mt 23:23- Oppressive
- Mt 23:4- Cruel in persecuting
- Ac 9:1,2Believed in the resurrection &c - Ac 23:8
Made broad their phylacteries - Mt 23:5
Their opinions, a standard for others - Joh 7:48
Many priest and Levites were of - Joh 1:19,24
Many rulers, lawyers, and scribes were of - Joh 3:1; Ac 5:34; 23:9
Had disciples - Lu 5:33; Ac 22:3
Some came to John for baptism - Mt 3:7
As a body, rejected John's baptism - Lu 7:30
CHRIST
- Often invited by
- Lu 7:36; 11:37- Condemned by, for associating with sinners
- Mt 9:11; Lu 7:39; 15:1,2- Asked for signs by
- Mt 12:38; 16:1- Tempted by, with questions about the law
- Mt 19:3; 22:15,16,35- Watched by, for evil
- Lu 6:7- Offended, by his doctrine
- Mt 15:12; 21:45; Lu 16:14- Declared the imaginary righteousness of, to be insufficient
for salvation - Mt 5:20- Declared the doctrines of, to be hypocrisy
- Mt 16:6,11,12; Lu 12:1- Denounced woes against
- Mt 23:13-33- Called, and evil and adulterous generation
- Mt 12:39- Called, serpents and generation of vipers
- Mt 23:33- Called fools and blind guides
- Mt 23:17,24- Compared, to whited sepulchres
- Mt 23:27- Compared, to graves that appear not
- Lu 11:44- Left Judea for a time on account of
- Joh 4:1-3Imputed Christ's miracles to Satan's power - Mt 9:34; 12:24
Sent officers to apprehend Christ - Joh 7:32,45
Often sought to destroy Christ - Mt 12:14; 21:46; Joh 11:47,53,57
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