Dear friend
Is it possible that you are referring to this verse and person? "And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house?"
With respect
Levi was a Jew, but his occupation was very un-Jewish, he collected taxes for the despised Roman government. Such men were not always noted for their honesty-in fact, they were looked down upon, like harlots, as the scum of society.
The Pharisees were supposed to be the spiritual leaders of the time and they thought Jesus should be spending time with them not "tax collectors and sinners". So they were upset when Jesus ignored them and associated with the ordinary people.
He called them "whitewashed graves" and "hypocrites". You decide...
The pharisees were arrogant because they thought that they were all powerful and God like when in truth, Jesus was the truly powerful one.
The scribes and Pharisees were the "spiritual" leaders of the day. But they were far from the truth. Again and again Jesus tried to get them to see they were "lost sinnners" like any other person. But they were proud and eventually plotted to have Jesus killed because Jesus was a threat to them as leaders.
The gospels record that Jesus hung out with Pharisees, studied with Pharisees, ate with Pharisees and argued with Pharisees. If you look at what we know about the Pharisees from the Mishnah, which is largely a record of the opinions of the Pharisees, we know that they denounced each other on many occasions as a routine part of their rhetorical style. Jesus fits right in, so closely that most Jews who have studied the Gospels conclude that Jesus was probably a Pharisee and either a member of the school of Hillel or allied to that school of thought. His denunciations sound very much like typical denunciations from the school of Hillel aimed at the school of Shamai.
The gospels record that Jesus hung out with Pharisees, studied with Pharisees, ate with Pharisees and argued with Pharisees. If you look at what we know about the Pharisees from the Mishnah, which is largely a record of the opinions of the Pharisees, we know that they denounced each other on many occasions as a routine part of their rhetorical style. Jesus fits right in, so closely that most Jews who have studied the Gospels conclude that Jesus was probably a Pharisee and either a member of the school of Hillel or allied to that school of thought. His denunciations sound very much like typical denunciations from the school of Hillel aimed at the school of Shamai.
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)
Jesus is God's only begotten son. Mary was Jewish, it is believed that she is from the tribe of Judah. Jesus' step-dad Joseph is believed to be from the tribe of Levi.
uhhh noNo he was not, and warned others about their behavior. ---- ANSWER: There is good reason to believe that if Jesus was not a Pharisee, He certainly agreed with much of their doctrines. Over 90 percent of the teachings of Jesus contain parallels in the surviving pharisaic teachings contained in the Talmud. Jesus also endorses only the Pharisees in Matt 23:1 . See "Hyam Maccoby" Jesus the Pharisee"
The pharisees were often conspiring to kill Jesus, so there could be no amicable relationship. In fact Jesus called them a 'generation of vipers'. (Matthew 3.7)
Well, Judas was the one who turned Jesus in to the Pharisees, so yes, in a way you could say he was "disobedient", though "treasonous" is more like it.
He told them off a few times, like this: [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matthew 23.33.
The Parisees were people that were in charge of making sure people didn't commit sin. They knew scripture very well and had a very high power in politics. Once Jesus came around claiming to be the Son of God, they were losing popularity and power. People started looking towards Jesus instead of them. The parisees did not like Jesus at all.