The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

Author Michael McCormick explores whether Cessationists are censuring God's people in a similar way to that of the Pharisees of Jesus' day in The Most Evil And Destructive Heresy Of Our Time ($12.49, ...

Jesus addressed the Pharisees with a sharp remark: "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you" (Matthew 21 verse 31). How does this ...

From the context of Matthew’s calling as one of the Twelve Disciples (Matthew 9:9), it is not surprising that most scholars identify him as Levi from Mark 2:14 and Luke 5:27. The setting, occupation, ...

This issue was hotly debated in His day. Today Protestant and Catholic ... while Protestants follow the list used by the Pharisees. A list from Jesus could have eliminated this problem, but ...

The Pharisees were moralistic people but Jesus rebuked them ... most traditional cultures believed that too high a view of ourselves was the root cause of all evil. But in our modern Western culture, ...

But this will lead us also to assign to him his rightful place as a true reformer of the biblical doctrine of Scripture in general over against the erroneous views of his day. As the first of the ...