The Sadducees\u2014The Urban Elite<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 May have derived from Zadok, high priest under King David.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Tended to represent the aristocrats, priests, merchants, and urban elite in Jerusalem and other cities in Judea.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hostile to Jesus and His followers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Many served on the council. Most of the high priests in the days of Jesus and the apostles were Sadducees.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Denied the resurrection or life after death, along with the doctrines of everlasting punishment and a literal kingdom.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Denied that God controls history, insisting on free will and the responsibility of humans to make wise choices according to the Law.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Held only to the Law of Moses (the first five books of the Old Testament) as supremely authoritative.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Denied the existence of angels.<\/p>\n
The Word in Life Study Bible, New Testament Edition, (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville; 1993), p. 71<\/p>\n
Resource<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Sketches of Jewish Social Life, A. Edersheim, Eerdmans, pp. 239ff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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