Posts from November 2018
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Jesus—His Life and Message: Conflict with the Pharisees …
This is the last in a short series of articles about Jesus’ conflict with the Pharisees, focusing on the things Jesus said in Matthew chapter 23. At the end of the previous article, Jesus drew an analogy involving unclean insects ...
by Peter Amsterdam
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Jesus—His Life and Message: Conflict with the Pharisees …
Part two of Conflict with the Pharisees explored the first twelve verses of Matthew 23, in which Jesus warned the crowds and His disciples that they should not follow the Pharisees’ example, as they didn’t practice what they preached. ...
by Peter Amsterdam
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Jesus—His Life and Message: Conflict with the Pharisees …
Throughout all four of the Gospels, we read of the Pharisees’ ongoing opposition to Jesus and His teachings. Another religious group at the time of Jesus was the Sadducees. The Sadducees tended to be wealthy, ...
by Peter Amsterdam
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Jesus—His Life and Message: Conflict with the Pharisees …
All four of the Gospels speak of Jesus’ strained relationship with the Pharisees. The Pharisees were a body of Jewish religious leaders who meticulously adhered to both the written laws found in the Torah, ...
by Peter Amsterdam