That is, teach them also that Jesus had not come to dissolve the law. Now apparently the understanding of the law is not identical with that of emerging Judaism after the destruction of Jerusalem.

They clearly are seen as the opponents of Jesus and "the bad guys." Who the Pharisees really were is a different question entirely, once we get past the Jewish polemic, the anti-Pharisee polemic ...

To a cheap candle used by a king to find a gold coin. With just one modest anecdote, you may fathom the Torah! Jesus taught in parables too—which is not surprising, given that he was also a ...