They were jealous that Jesus spent time with the ordinary people. The scribes and Pharisees thought they were the spiritual people of that time. Again and again Jesus showed them that they were far from the truth. So they criticized Him and eventually had Jesus killed. But that was all part of God's plan.
They believed that because of what Jesus was proclaiming, he was committing heresy and that he could have been a threat to them.
They were the Religious leaders of the church
The Pharisees which were Jewish religious leaders
These people are the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus day they were the teachers of Judaism.
Jesus Christ. ---- Actually, Jesus was not "religious" in the traditional sense. That was why he was in constant conflict with the Pharisees. He did not conform to their religious traditions and customs. Jesus was "spiritual", but not "religious".
The Sadducees opposed Jesus, they were the Temple , priestly group. He was also opposed by some of the Pharisees who were the faction which represented the Lay folk.
The Pharisees and teachers of the law were often trying to test Jesus and find fault with his teaching. They would ask him challenging questions or try to trap him in his words in order to discredit him or undermine his authority.
The pharisees believed the messiah had not come.
The Pharisees (religious leaders of the Jews at the time) did not like Jesus for many reasons:They thought that what he was saying was blasphemousThey were scared that he would start a rebellion against the Romans (If the Jewish people rebelled, the Romans would blame the Pharisees for the uprising and kill them)
The Pharisees believed in the letter of the law. Jesus believed in the spirit of the law.
The Pharisees referred to Jesus as "rabbi," a term meaning teacher or master. They also used the derogatory term "Beelzebul" to accuse Jesus of being possessed by demons or Satan.
Jesus appears to have felt considerable kinship with the Pharisees. He spent long hours in synagogues that were dominated by Pharisees, ate meals with Pharisees, and visited Pharisees in their homes. His arguments with Pharisees make up a significant part of the Gospels. The record of Jesus' arguments with the Pharisees in the Gospels and the record of arguments among the Pharisees in the Talmud suggest that Jesus's style of argument, vehemence and occasional name calling (hypocrites!) were typical Phariseeic behavior. It is quite likely that many Pharisees during Jesus' lifetime considered him to be a Pharisee. Most of what Jesus taught in the Gospels is in accordance with the teachings of the school of Rabbi Hillel -- the more humanist and less legalist school of Phariseeic thought.
kept them from believing in jesus and crucified jesus