SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH

SECTS AND PARTIES, JEWISH: (1) Pharisees Mt 3:7; 15:1; 16:1; 19:3; 23:2; Lu 7:30; 18:10; Ac 5:34; 23:6 -- A party among the Jews that laid great stress upon the observance of rites and ceremonies: They made a pretence of superior piety and separated themselves from the common people. They were believers in the immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the body, and the existence of angels and spirits: (2) Sadducees, a materialistic party among the Jews, that denied the resurrection and the existence of angels and spirits. They also rejected the traditions of the elders: Mt 3:7; 16:6; 22:23,34; Ac 4:1; 5:17; 23:8 --SEE Materialism, UNBELIEF (3) Herodians Mt 22:16; Mr 3:6; 12:13