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Yeshua wouldn't need to reference both groups by name anymore than he'd need to say the name "Zealots" in order to speak out against their views on taking the Kingdom by force...I'd have to disagree. Yeshua said the scribes and Pharisee's sit on Moses Seat he didn't reference the Saduccees.
And the things he noted in Matthew 23 were in a context of flowing from other things he already noted about them - such as warning His own disciples on the yeast of the Pharisees/Saducees ( as seen in Matthew 16:1-3 / Matthew 16 ). "Be careful," He says, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." The danger of which He warns them is false doctrine. He says nothing about the sword of persecution, or the love of money, or the love of pleasure. All these things no doubt were perils and snares to which the souls of the Apostles were exposed; but against these things our Lord raises no warning voice here. His warning is confined to one single point: "The yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." For they both had positions of authority and it was an issue for Yeshua - with the Saducees being the ones who historically controlled the High Priesthood - another aspect of the Law Moses started...and one of the reasons they were denoucned together (
Matthew 3:6-8 / Matthew 3 ). With the Saducees, their practices were the following:
-Ran the Temple and all its ceremonies
-Dominated the Sanhedrin-the religious ruling council
-Lived a Hellenistic, affluent lifestyle
-Received Roman support
With the Pharisees, they did the following:-Dominated the Sanhedrin-the religious ruling council
-Lived a Hellenistic, affluent lifestyle
-Received Roman support
-Supported synagogues for Torah study and interpretation
-Strict, detailed obedience to oral and written law
-Accepted Rome as a necessary evil as long as they were allowed to practice their beliefs
-Strict, detailed obedience to oral and written law
-Accepted Rome as a necessary evil as long as they were allowed to practice their beliefs
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