The priests, then, really are in charge of the Temple itself the Temple Proper. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES Who were the Pharisees and the Sadducees? Among the other groups that would have circulated ...

eventuating in the destruction of the Temple. It's hard to tell exactly how close Josephus' descriptions are to what these groups actually believed and thought. The Sadducees are usually ...

Sadducees and other temple leaders. Jesus likened these to unfaithful tenants of a vineyard who rejected and killed their servants sent by the owner, murdering the owner's son. As they realized ...

After He entered Jerusalem and expelled merchants and money changers from the temple, Jesus returned to Bethany to continue teaching and challenging religious authorities, exposing the hypocrisy of ...