Pharisee - Pharisaios
Definition:
Pharisaios (far-is-ah'-yos) Noun, Masculine - a Pharisee, a religeous sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile.
In addition to Old Testament books the Pharisees recognised in oral tradition
a standard of belief and life. They sought for distinction and praise
by outward observance of external rites and by outward forms of piety,
and such as ceremonial washings, fastings, prayers, and alms giving;
and, comparatively negligent of genuine piety, they prided themselves
on their fancied good works. They held strenuously to a belief in
the existence of good and evil angels, and to the expectation of a
Messiah; and they cherished the hope that the dead, after a preliminary
experience either of reward or of penalty in Hades, would be recalled
to life by him, and be requited each according to his individual deeds.
In opposition to the usurped dominion of the Herods and the rule of
the Romans, they stoutly upheld the theocracy and their country's
cause, and possessed great influence with the common people. According
to Josephus they numbered more than 6000. They were bitter enemies
of Jesus and his cause; and were in turn severely rebuked by him for
their avarice, ambition, hollow reliance on outward works, and affection
of piety in order to gain popularity.
Diagram: The Sign of a "pharisee" is the above man with arbitrary but consistent eye and hair colors for immediate recognition throughout the book.
| Mk 02:16a |
and the pharisees, perceiving he is eating with sinners and tribute collectors ... |
| Mk 02:18a |
And the disciples of John and the pharasees were fasting. |
| Mk 02:24a |
And the pharasees said to him ... Be perceiving! ... |
| Mk 03:06a |
the pharisees "immediately" with the Herodians gave a "council" against him ... |
| Mk 07:01 |
And the pharasees "led together" before him ... |
| Mk 07:03a |
For the pharasees and all the Judeans ... |
| Mk 07:05a |
And the pharisees and the scribes questioned him ... |
| Mk 08:11a |
And the Pharasees came out ... |
| Mk 08:15b |
Be seeing from the "leaven" of the Pharisees and the "leaven" of Herod. |
| Mk 10:02b
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some Pharisees asked him if it is lawful for a man to divorce a wife ... |
| Mk 12:13a |
And they send some Pharisees and Herodians before him ... |
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