The Pharisees and the Sadducees were two of these groups who disagreed with each other over numerous scriptural truths. When the Pharisees failed to discredit Jesus with a question about paying taxes, ...
For the first century of its existence, Christianity functioned almost as another sect within Judaism—much like the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, Herodians, and Samaritans.