(1) Pharisees
Mt 3:7; Mt 15:1; Mt 16:1; Mt 19:3; Mt 23:2; Lu 7:30; Lu 18:10; Ac 5:34; Ac 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; Mt 16:6; Mt 34; Ac 4:1; Ac 5:17; Ac 23:8
--SEEMaterialism,UNBELIEF
(3) Herodians