“Members of a Jewish party that exercised strict piety according to Mosaic law. The Pharisees were a sect within early Judaism, becoming active around 150 BC and enduring as a distinct party until being subsumed into the Rabbinic movement around AD 135.” [footnote text=“Johnson, Bradley T. “Pharisees.” Ed. John D. Barry et al. <i>The Lexham Bible Dictionary</i>, 2016.”]
The Pharisees were considered experts in the explication of the law. They exerted great influence upon the people and taught them to observe many traditions of the forefathers. [footnote text=“cf. <i>Wars of the Jews</i> 2.162; <i>Antiquities</i> 13.297f.”]
Actions in response to John the Baptist
Many are baptized by John
Mt 3:7 – But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Reject the purpose of God, not having been baptized by John
Lk 7:30 – but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
Send Jews to John to ask about his identity and his baptizing ministry
Jn 1:19 – And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
Jn 1:24 – (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Actions in response to Jesus
Attribute Jesus’ authority to demons
Mt 12:24 – But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
Mt 9:34 – But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons.”
Cf. Lk 11:15
Complain to Jesus about His disciples
Mt 12:2 – But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
Mt 15:1 – Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Mt 15:2 – “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
Mk 2:24 – And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
Mk 7:1 – Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
Mk 7:2 – they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
Mk 7:5 – And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Lk 5:30 – And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Lk 5:33 – And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”
Lk 6:2 – But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
Lk 19:39 – And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
Complain about Jesus
Mt 9:11 – And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Mk 2:16 – And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Lk 6:2 – But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
Lk 15:2 – And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Conspire against Jesus
Mt 12:10 – And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”–so that they might accuse him.
Mt 12:14 – But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
Mt 21:45 – When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
Mt 21:46 – And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
Mt 22:15 – Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk.
Mt 22:34 – But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
Mk 3:6 – The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
Mk 12:13 – And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Lk 6:11 – But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Lk 11:53 – As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
Lk 11:54 – lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
Jn 8:6 – This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
Jn 11:46 – but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Jn 11:47 – So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Jn 11:53 – So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
Jn 11:57 – Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
Test Jesus
Ask about healing on the Sabbath
Mt 12:10 – And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”–so that they might accuse him.
Ask for a sign
Mt 12:38 – Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Mt 16:1 – And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mk 8:11 – The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
Ask about divorce
Mt 19:3 – And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
Mt 19:7 – They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?”
Mk 10:2 – And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
Send their disciples to ask about paying taxes
Mt 22:16 – And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
Mt 22:17 – Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Mt 22:18 – But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
Mk 12:13 – And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Mk 12:14 – And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”
Ask about what to do with the adulteress
Jn 8:3 – The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
Jn 8:4 – they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
Jn 8:5 – Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”
Jn 8:6 – This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
Jn 8:7 – And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Offended by Jesus
Mt 15:12 – Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
Answer Jesus’ question
Mt 22:42 – saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
Mk 12:16 – And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
Question about Jesus
Lk 5:21 – And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Lk 5:22 – When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?
Watch Jesus
Mk 3:2 – And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
Lk 6:7 – And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
Silent
Mk 3:4 – And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
Marvel at Jesus
Mk 12:17 – Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him.
Can not reply to Jesus’ question
Lk 14:6 – And they could not reply to these things.
Go away
Jn 8:9 – But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
Comment that Jesus’ testimony is not true
Jn 8:13 – So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.”
Investigate the man healed by Jesus, revile him, and cast him out
Jn 9:13 – They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
Jn 9:15 – So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
Jn 9:24 – So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
Jn 9:26 – They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
Jn 9:28 – And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Jn 9:34 – They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
Divided because of Jesus
Jn 9:16 – Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Ask a question as a result of Jesus’ words
Jn 9:40 – Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
Speak to one another about Jesus
Jn 12:19 – So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
Ridicule Jesus
Lk 16:14 – The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
Ask Jesus a question
Lk 17:20 – Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
Send officers to arrest Jesus
Jn 7:32 – The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Jn 7:45 – The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
Jn 7:47 – The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?
Jn 7:48 – Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
Jn 18:3 – So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Jesus’ words about the Pharisees
They break God’s commandment for the sake of their tradition
Mt 15:3-9
Mk 7:6-13
They cannot interpret the signs of the times
Mt 16:2 – He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
Mt 16:3 – And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
Leaven of the Pharisees
Mt 16:6 – Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:11 – How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:12 – Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mk 8:15 – And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
Lk 12:1 – In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Their hardness
Mt 19:8 – He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Mk 10:5 – And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
Jesus warns the disciples about the Pharisees
Mt 23:2-7
Jesus reprimands and pronounces woes on the Pharisees
Mt 23:13-36
Lk 11:39-44
They justify themselves before men
Lk 16:15 – And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
Jesus’ actions in response to the Pharisees
Asks them a question
Mt 12:3 – He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Mt 12:4 – how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
Mt 12:5 – Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
Mt 12:11 – He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?
Mt 12:27 – And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Mt 22:41 – Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Mt 22:42 – saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
Mt 22:43 – He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
Mk 2:19 – And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mk 2:25 – And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:
Mk 2:26 – how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”
Mk 3:4 – And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
Mk 10:3 – He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”
Mk 12:16 – And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
Lk 6:9 – And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”
Lk 14:3 – And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
Lk 14:5 – And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”
Answers their complaint
Mt 9:12-13, 15-17; 12:3-8; 15:3-11
Mk 2:17, 19-22, 25-28; 7:6-13
Lk 5:30-32, 34-39; 6:3-5; 15:2-32; 19:40
Answers their question
Lk 17:20 – Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
Lk 17:21 – nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
Knows their thoughts
Mt 12:25 – Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Looks around at them in anger, grieved at their hardness of heart
Mk 3:5 – And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
Sees through their hypocrisy
Mk 12:15 – But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
Perceives their thought
Lk 5:22 – When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts?
Hear that Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John
Jn 4:1 – Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Present as Jesus teaches
Lk 5:17 – On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
Tell Jesus to get away
Lk 13:31 – At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
Ask Pilate to secure Jesus’ tomb
Mt 27:62 – Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Mt 27:63 – and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’
Mt 27:64 – Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”
Traits of the Pharisees
Known for their righteousness
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Lk 18:11 – The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Lk 18:12 – I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
Known for their fasting
Mt 9:14 – Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
Mk 2:18 – Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
Lk 5:33 – And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”
Lk 18:12 – I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
Follow traditions
Mk 7:3 – (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
Mk 7:4 – and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
See also Mt 15:2-9
Beliefs of the Pharisees
Acts 23:8 – For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Individual Pharisees
One who invited Jesus to eat with him
Lk 7:36 – One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
Lk 7:37 – And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,
Lk 7:39 – Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
Lk 11:37 – While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
Lk 11:38 – The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
A ruler of the Pharisees
Lk 14:1 – One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.
Pharisee in Jesus’ parable
Lk 18:10 – “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Lk 18:11 – The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Lk 18:12 – I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
Nicodemus
Jn 3:1 – Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Gamaliel
Acts 5:34 – But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.
Paul
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 26:5 – They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
Phil 3:5 – circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
Fear of the Pharisees
Jn 12:42 – Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;
Party of the Pharisees
Acts 15:5 – But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
Acts 23:9 – Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”
Division with the Sadducees at Paul’s trial
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 23:7 – And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Acts 23:8 – For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Acts 23:9 – Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”
Groups named with the Pharisees
Scribes
Scribes and Pharisees
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 12:38 – Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Mt 15:1 – Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Mk 7:1 – Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
Mk 7:5 – And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Lk 5:21 – And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Lk 6:7 – And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
Lk 11:53 – As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees
Lk 15:2 – And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Jn 8:3 – The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
Scribes of the Pharisees
Mk 2:16 – And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Lk 5:30 – And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Acts 23:9 – Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”
Sadducees
Mt 3:7 – But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mt 16:1 – And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mt 16:6 – Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:11 – How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:12 – Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mt 22:34 – But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 23:7 – And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Acts 23:8 – For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Chief priests
Mt 21:45 – When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
Mt 27:62 – Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Jn 7:32 – The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Jn 7:45 – The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
Jn 11:47 – So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Jn 11:57 – Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
Jn 18:3 – So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Ruler, authorities
Jn 3:1 – Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Jn 7:48 – Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
Jn 12:42 – Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;
Words related grammatically to “Pharisee”
Subjects of “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
One, εἷς
Lk 18:10 – “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
I/we, ἐγώ
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Other, ἕτερος
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Verbs with “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος) as Subject
To say, ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον
Mt 12:2 – But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
Mt 12:24 – But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
Lk 7:39 – Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
Jn 8:13 – So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.”
Jn 12:19 – So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
To assemble, συνάγω
Mt 22:34 – But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
Mt 22:41 – Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Mt 27:62 – Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Mk 7:1 – Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
Jn 11:47 – So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
To hear, ἀκούω
Lk 16:14 – The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
Jn 4:1 – Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Jn 7:32 – The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Jn 9:40 – Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
To speak, λέγω
Mt 9:11 – And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Mt 9:34 – But the Pharisees said, “He casts out demons by the prince of demons.”
Mk 2:24 – And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
To come near/agree, προσέρχομαι
Mt 15:1 – Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Mt 19:3 – And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
Lk 13:31 – At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
To question, ἐπερωτάω
Mt 16:1 – And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mk 7:5 – And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Mk 10:2 – And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
To fast, νηστεύω
Mt 9:14 – Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
Mk 2:18 – Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
To take, λαμβάνω
Mt 12:14 – But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.
Mt 22:15 – Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk.
To give, δίδωμι
Mk 3:6 – The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
Jn 11:57 – Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
Be first, ἄρχω
Lk 5:21 – And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Lk 11:53 – As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
To ask, ἐρωτάω
Lk 11:37 – While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
Jn 9:15 – So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
To cause to stumble, σκανδαλίζω
Mt 15:12 – Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
To know, γινώσκω
Mt 21:45 – When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
To sit, καθίζω
Mt 23:2 – “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat,
To eat, ἐσθίω
Mk 7:3 – (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
To go out, ἐξέρχομαι
Mk 8:11 – The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
To sit, κάθημαι
Lk 5:17 – On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
To murmur, γογγύζω
Lk 5:30 – And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
To observe, παρατηρέω
Lk 6:7 – And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
To reject, ἀθετέω
Lk 7:30 – but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
To marvel, θαυμάζω
Lk 11:38 – The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
To murmur, διαγογγύζω
Lk 15:2 – And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
To pray, προσεύχομαι
Lk 18:11 – The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
To send, ἀποστέλλω
Jn 7:32 – The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
To answer, ἀποκρίνω
Jn 7:47 – The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?
To bring, ἄγω
Jn 8:3 – The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
To confess/profess, ὁμολογέω
Acts 23:8 – For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Adjectives Modifying “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
Blind, τυφλός
Mt 23:26 – You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
One, τις
Lk 13:31 – At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”
Gamaliel, Γαμαλιήλ
Acts 5:34 – But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.
Adverbs Modifying “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
And, καί
Jn 9:15 – So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
Words Modified by “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
To live, ζάω
Acts 26:5 – They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
Appositions with “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
Hypocrite, ὑποκριτής
Mt 23:13 – “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Mt 23:15 – Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Mt 23:23 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Mt 23:25 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mt 23:27 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.
Mt 23:29 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
To call, καλέω
Lk 7:39 – Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
He/she/it/self, αὐτός
Jn 9:40 – Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
Prepositions with “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
Of/from, ἐκ
Jn 1:24 – (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Jn 3:1 – Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Jn 7:48 – Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
Jn 9:16 – Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Jn 9:40 – Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
Jn 18:3 – So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
To/with, πρός
Lk 14:3 – And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
Jn 7:45 – The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
Jn 9:13 – They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
Jn 11:46 – but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
By/under, ὑπό
Lk 17:20 – Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
Through/because of, διά
Jn 12:42 – Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;
… of “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
One, τις
Mt 12:38 – Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Mk 12:13 – And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Lk 6:2 – But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
Lk 7:36 – One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
Lk 19:39 – And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
Leaven, ζύμη
Mt 16:6 – Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:11 – How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mk 8:15 – And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
Lk 12:1 – In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Much, πολύς
Mt 3:7 – But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Teaching, διδαχή
Mt 16:12 – Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Scribe, γραμματεύς
Mk 2:16 – And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Disciple, μαθητής
Mk 2:18 – Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
The/this/who, ὁ
Lk 5:33 – And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”
House, οἶκος
Lk 7:36 – One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
House, οἰκία
Lk 7:37 – And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,
Ruler, ἄρχων
Lk 14:1 – One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.
Sect, αἵρεσις
Acts 15:5 – But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
Son, υἱός
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Uprising, στάσις
Acts 23:7 – And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Part, μέρος
Acts 23:9 – Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”
Verbal Copula of “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
To be, εἰμί
Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
… and “Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος)
Scribe, γραμματεύς
Mt 5:20 – For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 12:38 – Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Mt 23:2 – “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat,
Mt 23:13 – “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Mt 23:15 – Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Mt 23:23 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Mt 23:25 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mt 23:27 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.
Mt 23:29 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Lk 5:21 – And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Lk 6:7 – And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
Lk 11:53 – As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
Jn 8:3 – The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
High-priest, ἀρχιερεύς
Mt 21:45 – When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
Mt 27:62 – Next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
Jn 7:32 – The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Jn 7:45 – The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
Jn 11:47 – So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Jn 11:57 – Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
I/we, ἐγώ
Mt 9:14 – Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
Disciple, μαθητής
Mk 2:18 – Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
Lawyer, νομικός
Lk 14:3 – And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
“Pharisee” (Φαρισαῖος) and …
Sadducee, Σαδδουκαῖος
Mt 3:7 – But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mt 16:1 – And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mt 16:6 – Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:11 – How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mt 16:12 – Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Acts 23:7 – And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Scribe, γραμματεύς
Mt 15:1 – Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
Mk 7:5 – And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
Lk 5:30 – And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
One, τις
Mk 7:1 – Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
Jewish, Ἰουδαῖος
Mk 7:3 – (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders,
Herodians, Ἡρωδιανοί
Mk 12:13 – And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Teacher of the law, νομοδιδάσκαλος
Lk 5:17 – On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
Lawyer, νομικός
Lk 7:30 – but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)