Isaiah, for instance, speaks of three messianic figures ... Instead, it was “a confrontation between two internal Jewish positions . . . in which Jesus and the Pharisees were on the same side.” Knohl ...

Neither the Sanhedrin nor Pharisees were fans of Jesus ... But combining “born of water and the spirit,” Jesus speaks of a new beginning. With this rebirth, one can be redeemed after turning ...

Second, Jesus speaks of the decision to remarry but says ... Third, Jesus doesn't answer the Pharisees' question with a clear yes or no; he adverts not to the law but to the spiritual meaning ...

Show more The word hypocrite gets used with such regularity – and Jesus himself had form using the term. How did the Pharisees became a byword for hypocrisy and is it fair? Was Jesus wrong about ...

The Holy Father reminded the faithful that for Paul, "Jesus is alive, speaks for us and lives with ... unlike the Sadducees and Pharisees who only knew Jesus superficially. Another example of ...