Sadducees

3. Crucifixion: Crucifixion was a form of capital punishment to the gentiles and slaves in the first century. Its origin is generally attributed to the Persian Empire, although evidence indicates that diverse barbarians such as the Assyrians and Scythians also employed the practice. Crucifixion was common for several centuries before the time of Christ. 3.1. Religio-Political Background of crucifixion: Religious and political background is important to know the situation of crucifixion in the…

The Bible as we have today as found in the Greek New Testament (NA-28) and the Hebrew Old Testament are authentic to the original autographs as possible. Each of these published manuscripts have a unique history and verification along the way. The Hebrew Old Testament was written in Biblical Hebrew which is different from modern Hebrew. According to Josh McDowell, the Masoretic scribes from the 500-900 CE had the copying with exact precision down to the letters on a page. Scribes could not copy…

The chief priests during Jesus’ time were mostly Sadducees. Sadducees were the ultra-liberals. They did not believe in the supernatural, including resurrection from the dead. They only believed in the first five books of the Old Testament. The Sadducees thought Jesus was unenlightened and too conservative. The council mentioned in verse 47 refers to the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin was the Jewish supreme…

generations have questioned the old hierarchies and beliefs of their ancestors, persuading others to change their society with new ideas. For example, Jesus spend his ministry with sinners, tax collectors, and Gentiles to show the Pharisees and Sadducees that he came to save the lost, which broke the law of Moses (Matthew 9:9-13). The changes of old tradition to new tradition does not stop there; the Civil Rights movement, the women suffrage movement, and the LGBT social movements promote their…

INTRODUCTION The Gospel of Luke and John were written respectively by two of Jesus Christ’s followers. John was a fisherman, chosen by Jesus to become a part of his close circle of followers the disciples. Luke, on the other hand, was a physician by profession that did not know Jesus personally, but gained his insight from speaking with those that had firsthand knowledge of Jesus. They each present the accounts of Jesus’ life with their own individual perspective, thereby giving the reader a…

At first glance, the three Synoptic Gospels seem so similar. Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell roughly the same stories of Jesus (and the same stories that Jesus told himself). Their overall messages are the same. The Lesson of the Fig Tree (§ 220) warns people that God’s Kingdom is near and in The Confession at Caesarea Philippi and The First Prediction of the Passion (§ 122) Jesus asks his disciples who people think he is, before ordering them to keep his true identity to themselves. They tell…

Timothy Weber has likened the early dispensationalists to spectators in a stadium, watching history unfold on the playing field below. There were very few among them who believed they could or should play any role in the fulfilment of prophecy except to be watchful and personally prepared. Although conscious to be living at the close of history, the vast majority of Evangelical Zionists believed that only God could move the hands of the prophetic clock. They consequently shunned earthly…

as differences, this paired with Philo’s Apologia pro Iudaeis and Josephus’s Jewish War and Jewish Antiquities calls for some interesting, thought-provoking discussion. I especially find interest in his comments on the contradictions between the Sadducees in contrast to the Pharisees, it is easy to presume that the Sadducee and the Pharisee as an individual could not be any more different and Goodman does hold this view, however what I find fascinating is his comments on Jews being able to…

his brother (Genesis 4). In addition, King Saul’s jealous after David defeated Goliath led him to hunt him down in order to kill David, but David prevented his anger from killing the king (1 Samuel 24). Let’s not forget about how the Pharisees and Sadducees hated Jesus, jealous of His wise wisdom, and deceptive to make Jesus a bad guy; as a result, they killed Jesus without any logical or credible crime against him (Luke 22). Therefore, jealous can make men do evil things, especially if it means…

This book is made up of a collection of fictional letters that was affiliated with Antipas. Antipas was the martyr that was cited in Revelation 2:13, “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.” In the beginning, Antipas was an elite Roman citizen who fought to maintain and continue to enhance his position in his…