What is Passover and how do we celebrate it?” a gentile asks the apostles in The Chosen, the blockbuster TV show about Jesus ...

The Pharisees saw Jesus as an enemy because his words went against their strict interpretations of the law, interpretations ...

He also saw Jesus' offence as being that he ate with the impure and that this offended the Pharisees.64 By putting the emphasis on purity and eating, he in effect agrees with Jeremias's view that the ...

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law bring forward a woman, and the accusers want the strictest punishment meted out: ...

In Matthew for instance, there are the "Woes on the Pharisees," whereas at the same time we have statements about Jesus coming to fulfill the law. So there seems to be a debate between Matthew and ...

The Pharisees are known to everybody from the New Testament where they enjoy a very negative press. They clearly are seen as the opponents of Jesus and "the bad guys." Who the Pharisees really ...

The teaching of the Pharisees was that only if someone’s life was in danger was it permitted to give medical assistance on the Sabbath. Jesus taught that the right thing to do is to help someone ...

Jesus wants to teach people the importance of praying with the right attitude. This parable is aimed at those who think they are very righteous and look down on others – that is, the Pharisees.