The debate about the central meaning of Tisha b’Av goes back more than 1500 years to a debate between Rabbi Judah who said Ei’khah can only mean (learning from) prophetic reproof, and Rabbi Nehemiah ...

Grieved at their hard hearts, Jesus healed the man on the spot. The Pharisees began conspiring with the Herodians (secularists) to destroy Jesus. Finally, the religious leaders were jealous of Jesus.

The Pharisees, Sadducees and religious people of Christ’s day believed that since they were Israelites, God was their Father by default, regardless of their lifestyle and indulgences.

JACOB Z. LAUTERBACH, THE PHARISEES AND THEIR TEACHINGS, Hebrew Union College Annual, Vol. 6 (1929), pp. 69-139 ...

His growing popularity alarmed the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Teachers of Law who feared losing public influence. Accused of blasphemy and rebellion, Jesus was handed over to the Roman governor, ...

Jesus warned of false teachers who would deceive even the elect (Matthew 24:24). He told His disciples to beware not just of overt sin, but of the teaching of the religious Pharisees and Sadducees: ...

How could this be? The Adulteress and Jesus One day, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees wanted to set a trap for Jesus so they could humiliate him in public. They executed this plan by ...

This event also fulfilled Jesus's promise. Several weeks earlier, some Pharisees came to lure Him back to Judea. Jesus said that He would not return until such time as the citizens of Jerusalem would ...