Pharisee
The Pharisees were a Jewish sect known for their strict observance of the law and oral traditions, often clashing with Jesus over matters of ritual purity, Sabbath regulations, and His claims to divine authority.
GroupNew Testament6 books208 verses
Summary
Religious group in the New Testament called Pharisee (Φαρισαῖος).
Alternative names
- ΦαρισαῖοςPharisee
Mentions
208 verses
Includes 112 verses that refer to Pharisee without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
- Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
- For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
- A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
- Acts 23:10Referred to, not namedThe dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
- They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- …circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;