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.