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*This is new to me. I know the Pharisees did not like Jesus, but I never heard that he was a member of the Pharisee.
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They did not like him because he told them of their hypocrisy. But he was still one of them and loved them; that why he scolded them. The Saducees had no use for Jesus at all. They were the High Priests who put him on trial.
This from the
Catholic Encyclopedia:
A study of the early history of Pharisaism reveals a certain moral dignity and greatness, a marked tenacity of purpose at the service of high, patriotic, and religious ideals. As contrasted with the
Sadducees, the Pharisees represented the democratic tendency; contrasted with the priesthood, they stood for both the democratic and the spiritualizing tendency. By virtue of the Law itself the priesthood was an exclusive class. No man was allowed to exercise a function in the Temple unless he was able to trace his descent from a priestly family. The Pharisees consequently found their main function in teaching and preaching. Their work was chiefly connected with the synagogues, and embraced the schooling of children and missionary efforts among the heathen tribes. Thus, in a sense, Pharisaism helped to clear the ground and prepare the way for
Christianity. It was the Pharisees who made idealized nationalism, based upon the monothism of the prophets, the very essence of Judaism. To them we are indebted for the great apocalypses, Daniel and Enoch, and it was they who made common the belief in the
resurrection and future reward. In a word, their pedagogical influence was an important factor in training the national will and purpose for the introduction of
Christianity.
