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pharisees

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pharisees.

Editorial note

Jesus would have cast him out along with the rest of the pharisees if he had the chance.

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Quick take

a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pharisees gathered in one view.

N

a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pharisees.

N

a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.

Example sentences

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Jesus would have cast him out along with the rest of the pharisees if he had the chance.

2

And in the first century, the Pharisees (or proto-Rabbinics, or whatever) were only one sect amongst many.

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A good example is where the Pharisees criticize Jesus for working on the Sabbath when he heals a man.

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Accordingly, the New Testament presents the Pharisees as obsessed with man-made rules (especially concerning purity) whereas Jesus is more concerned with God's love; the Pharisees scorn sinners whereas Jesus seeks them out.

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The Pharisees demand an answer and Jesus says that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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Imagine thinking that Jesus wants you to be like the legalistic Pharisees of his time.

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No doubt the Pharisees in the justice department can explain such legal BS — it still is a rip-off by the State.

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By imagining new human rights, a corporation marks themselves as a member of the ultra-religious, sort of the pharisees of our day.

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Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?’ But they remained silent.

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As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery.

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And then there are the parts where the Pharisees try to trap Jesus, such as when they try to find loopholes to justify divorce.

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Ortiz and Heymann are just Pharisees for strict observance, bullying and abusing of the written law with a huge disconnect with the society and technology.

Quote examples

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Matthew 23:1–7 — “Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: ‘The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

2

Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.” And there are further examples, like John 5.

3

In the Bible there were hypocritical "leaders" called the Pharisees.

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In short, as Jesus said: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

Proper noun examples

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Ironically Jesus always had beef with the religious conservatives of His time: the Pharisees.

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Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!

3

If he had actually apologized for injuring gay people, I think a lot of people could have, like the Pharisees, recognized that they too had made mistakes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pharisees in a sentence?

Jesus would have cast him out along with the rest of the pharisees if he had the chance.

What does pharisees mean?

a Jewish social movement and school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.

What part of speech is pharisees?

pharisees is commonly used as N.