Dictionary entry

Pharisees, The

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

A sect of the Jews Ac 15:5

The strictest observers of the Mosaic ritual Ac 26:5

By descent, especially esteemed Ac 23:6

Character of

Zealous of the law Ac 15:5; Php 3:5

Zealous of tradition Mr 7:3,5-8; Ga 1:14

Outwardly moral Lu 18:11; Php 3:5,6

Rigid in fasting Lu 5:33; 18:12

Active in proselytising Mt 23:15

Self-righteous Lu 16:15; 18:9

Avaricious Mt 23:14; Lu 16:14

Ambitious of precedence Mt 23:6

Fond of public salutations Mt 23:7

Fond of distinguished titles Mt 23:7-10

Particular in paying all dues Mt 23:23

Oppressive Mt 23:4

Cruel in persecuting Ac 9:1,2

Believed in the resurrection &c Ac 23:8

Made broad their phylacteries Mt 23:5

Their opinions, a standard for others Joh 7:48

Many priest and Levites were of Joh 1:19,24

Many rulers, lawyers, and scribes were of Joh 3:1; Ac 5:34; 23:9

Had disciples Lu 5:33; Ac 22:3

Some came to John for baptism Mt 3:7

As a body, rejected John's baptism Lu 7:30

CHRIST

Often invited by Lu 7:36; 11:37

Condemned by, for associating with sinners Mt 9:11; Lu 7:39; 15:1,2

Asked for signs by Mt 12:38; 16:1

Tempted by, with questions about the law Mt 19:3; 22:15,16,35

Watched by, for evil Lu 6:7

Offended, by his doctrine Mt 15:12; 21:45; Lu 16:14

Declared the imaginary righteousness of, to be insufficient for salvation Mt 5:20

Declared the doctrines of, to be hypocrisy Mt 16:6,11,12; Lu 12:1

Denounced woes against Mt 23:13-33

Called, and evil and adulterous generation Mt 12:39

Called, serpents and generation of vipers Mt 23:33

Called fools and blind guides Mt 23:17,24

Compared, to whited sepulchres Mt 23:27

Compared, to graves that appear not Lu 11:44

Left Judea for a time on account of Joh 4:1-3

Imputed Christ's miracles to Satan's power Mt 9:34; 12:24

Sent officers to apprehend Christ Joh 7:32,45

Often sought to destroy Christ Mt 12:14; 21:46; Joh 11:47,53,57