The Pharisees saw Jesus as an enemy because his words went against their strict interpretations of the law, interpretations ...

By Anna Verry For The Catholic Messenger Lent 2025 Week 5 This week’s Gospel reading, John 8:1-11, offers valuable insights .

The other striking layer to this story is a bit more nuanced. It’s about the dynamic at play between Jesus and the Pharisees. We need to be careful not to generalize about the Pharisees and ...

Matthew's community subscribed to the Law, but they saw Jesus -- not the Pharisees-- as the rightful interpreter of the Law. This conviction tended to undermine the legitimacy and authority of the ...

So, Matthew is losing when he calls the Pharisees hypocrites and says "war ... So Mark talks about the crowd being against Jesus, but by Matthew, 15 years later, say in the year 85, it's all ...

The teaching of the Pharisees was that only if someone’s life was in danger was it permitted to give medical assistance on the Sabbath. Jesus taught that the right thing to do is to help someone ...

Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin accused of blasphemy - they felt he had claimed to have God-like powers. Many people gave false testimony against Jesus, but their statements did not match ...