pharisee in English

noun

1

a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity.

He asked the Jewish leaders, the Pharisees and Sadducees, to repent from their evil ways.

Use "pharisee" in a sentence

1. The Boastful Pharisee

2. Illustrations: persistent widow, Pharisee and tax collector

3. In what respect was Paul a Pharisee?

4. Ac 23:6 —Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee?

5. (“I am a Pharisee” study note on Ac 23:6, nwtsty)

6. One was a highly respected Pharisee, the other a despised tax collector.

7. In Luke 7:36-50, Jesus Befriended a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was very religious

8. After he has healed the man suffering from dropsy, Jesus is still at the house of the Pharisee.

9. If the Pharisee lived near the sea, he and his guests would likely eat freshly caught fish.

10. (Ac 18:3) But, at Jerusalem, he received instruction from the learned Pharisee Gamaliel, suggesting that Paul was from a prominent family.

11. Bathed (45 Occurrences) Luke 11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first Bathed himself before dinner

12. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may also become clean.”

13. + 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may also become clean.

14. One man, a respected Pharisee, prayed: “God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

15. These oral traditions were transmitted by the Pharisee school of thought of ancient Judaism and were later recorded in written form and expanded upon by the rabbis.

16. “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

17. entered the house of the Pharisee: Of the four Gospel writers, only Luke mentions that Jesus received and accepted invitations from Pharisees to dine with them.

18. Adherence to the oral tradition, with its rules for interpreting the law, was seen by the Pharisee as the way to the fulfilment of the Torah. . . .

19. In case the 14 th of January happens to be the Sunday of Publican and Pharisee, then the Apodosis of Theofania will be at 13 th of January.

20. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

21. 25 Yet, Jesus told the story of two men praying; one self-righteous and one humbled by his failures: "I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God.

22. The Pharisee stood and began to pray these things to himself, ‘O God, I thank you I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

23. Jesus then concluded, “I tell you, this man [the publican] went down to his house justified rather than the other [the Pharisee]: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” 25

24. As he believed in the resurrection and was “a son of Pharisees,” Paul identified himself as a Pharisee and thus succeeded in setting the Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, against the Pharisees and vice versa. —Ac 22:23–23:10.

25. (Ro 9:3-5, 30-33; 1Pe 2:4-10) Many, like the Pharisee Saul before his becoming a Christian, imagined that they were actually rendering sacred service to God by persecuting Christ’s followers. —Joh 16:2; Ac 26:9-11; Ga 1:13, 14.