Jesus and the Pharisees were both teachers of the Mosiac Law. You would think that because they had this in common that they would be friends, instead they were bitter enemies. What was it that made them enemies. Jesus said of them, "They say, but they don't do" In the 23rd chapter of Matthew Jesus referred to them as hypocrites seven times. The Pharisees were deeply offended when Jesus referred to them as hypocrites. No one had ever referred to them as hypocrites before. As far as they were concerned, they were holy men, not hypocrites.
The Pharisees were professional religionist, they even tithed down to the mint in their gardens, Matthew 23:23. Jesus was not impressed with their religious endeavors and called them blind guides. The 23rd chapter of Matthew is a scathing rebuke of them. Jesus called them "Blind guides" "Whited sepulchers" "Snakes" "Fools" and most of all Hypocrites. When I first read the 23rd chapter of Matthew I was a bit shocked of the anger that Jesus had towards the Pharisees. Didn't Jesus teach that we were to love our enemies and do good to those that persecute us?
If was the Pharisees that caused Jesus to be crucified. I suspect that it was the Pharisees that murdered all of the apostles, except for John. They were beyond repentance and were hell bound, all in the name of religion. Jesus said, "They hated me without a cause". Jesus was going about doing good and they hated him for all of the good he was doing. It was the raising of Lazurus that was the straw that broke the camels back. They said, "If we don't kill him the whole world will be going after him, and we will lose our place". So, they plotted to kill him.
In spite of all of the miracles that Jesus did they could not believe in him. They said, "Is this not Josephs son? They just could not believe that he was their promised Messiah. They thought that their promised Messiah would accept them, but instead Jesus rejected them, after that it didn't matter who he was, he had to go.
The Pharisees were professional religionist, they even tithed down to the mint in their gardens, Matthew 23:23. Jesus was not impressed with their religious endeavors and called them blind guides. The 23rd chapter of Matthew is a scathing rebuke of them. Jesus called them "Blind guides" "Whited sepulchers" "Snakes" "Fools" and most of all Hypocrites. When I first read the 23rd chapter of Matthew I was a bit shocked of the anger that Jesus had towards the Pharisees. Didn't Jesus teach that we were to love our enemies and do good to those that persecute us?
If was the Pharisees that caused Jesus to be crucified. I suspect that it was the Pharisees that murdered all of the apostles, except for John. They were beyond repentance and were hell bound, all in the name of religion. Jesus said, "They hated me without a cause". Jesus was going about doing good and they hated him for all of the good he was doing. It was the raising of Lazurus that was the straw that broke the camels back. They said, "If we don't kill him the whole world will be going after him, and we will lose our place". So, they plotted to kill him.
In spite of all of the miracles that Jesus did they could not believe in him. They said, "Is this not Josephs son? They just could not believe that he was their promised Messiah. They thought that their promised Messiah would accept them, but instead Jesus rejected them, after that it didn't matter who he was, he had to go.
