The Pharisees hold a unique place in the Gospels as critics of Jesus and his teachings. Their name means “separation,” and they held themselves apart as models of perfection in the law. They were ...

Pharisees were religious zealots who were very legalistic in nature. They would often expound the Scriptures in the synagogues and pray before people. They appeared very pious and in people’s eyes, it ...

Both Luke and Matthew have a large section of ‘woes’, that is, a denunciation of those who publicly kept the Law and its commandments, but who privately were far from the purity of heart which the Law ...