Pharisees, The

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 9:1,2

Believed 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 4:1-3

Imputed 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