The story concludes with Jesus standing trial before a group of religious leaders who did not believe a (semi)divine messiah was coming to restore the Davidic kingdom. These were the Sadducees. Had it ...

The conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees mainly concerned the additions to the written law. In Matthew 12:1, the Pharisees accused the disciples of breaking the Sabbath because they took ears ...

In Matthew for instance, there are the "Woes on the Pharisees," whereas at the same time we have statements about Jesus coming to fulfill the law. So there seems to be a debate between Matthew and ...

New Testament scholars Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine share a goal: dissect and demolish 2,000 years of Christians’ disparaging portrayals of the Pharisees, the Jewish rabbis of Jesus’s time.

Pope Francis spoke specifically of the pharisees who demanded that Jesus perform signs, which the Lord responded to by stating that he alone would give the "Sign of Jonah," just as Jonah himself ...

Finally, like Dahl, I recently have considered the interactions between Jesus and the Pharisees. Here, from Matthew 23: 23-24, is some metaphorical food for thought: “Woe to you, scribes and ...

Though modern Christianity often focuses on Jesus’ disagreements with other Jews at the time, such as the Pharisees, their debates were squarely within Judaism, just as Jews still love to argue ...

[CCC 782] Later on, Jesus was preaching in Jerusalem, and some Pharisees became irritated over the impact Jesus was having on so many Jews. They sent some guards to arrest him; however, the guards ...