SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH
SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH
(1) Pharisees
Mat 3:7; Mat 15:1; Mat 16:1; Mat 19:3; Mat 23:2; Luk 7:30; Luk 18:10; Act 5:34; Act 23:6
— A party among the Jews that laid great stress upon the observance of
rites and ceremonies:
They made a pretence of superior piety and separated themselves from
the common people. They were believers in the immortality of the soul,
the resurrection of the body, and the existence of angels and spirits:
(2) Sadducees, a materialistic party among the Jews, that denied the
resurrection and the existence of angels and spirits. They also
rejected the traditions of the elders:
Mat 3:7; Mat 16:6; Mat 22:23; Mat 22:34; Act 4:1; Act 5:17; Act 23:8
–SEE Materialism, UNBELIEF
(3) Herodians
Mat 22:16; Mar 3:6; Mar 12:13