The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Mentor's Guide, MG13

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T H E N E W T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

a. Matt. 22.23

b. Acts 4.1-2

c. Acts 23.6-8

3. Along with the Pharisees, demanded signs from Jesus, Matt. 16.1

4. The high priestly family was in close connection with them, Acts 4.1ff; Acts 5.17-18.

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B. Pharisees (experts in the law and its rigorous application to everyday life): keepers of the Jewish tradition

1. General data

a. Said to be around 6,000 of them at the time of Jesus, the only sizeable group to survive the revolt of 70 A.D.

b. Modern Judaism follows the pharisaical tradition.

c. Accepted the writings of the Old Testament; believed in the resurrection, angels, and the reality of spirits, Acts 23.8

2. A sect of the Jews who were expert in the knowledge and strict observance of the Mosaic law