In the wake of the Maccabean Revolt, the Pharisees represented a political party which opposed the Hellenization by the aristocratic Sadducees. The Hasmonean kingdom or Judea was a religious monarchy, so all political parties were also religious interpreters. The Pharisees emphasized the importance of other Mosaic laws, including Oral tradition, as opposed to the Sadducees who emphasized only those rules and regulations concerning cultic rites of priesthood.
The origination of the Pharisee party was as a separatist party to the ruling Hasmonean dynasty on issues such as Hellenization and purity laws. Around 100 BCE the Pharisees tried to force Alexander Jannaeus to choose between being king and being High Priest. As a result Alexander sided with the Sadducees and killed some 50,000 Judeans and crucified 800 Pharisees.
When Alexander died, his widow, Salome Alexandra, became queen. Her family were Pharisees, and she favored the Pharisees over the Saducees. With the Pharisee party in control of both the kingship and High Priesthood, they made a comback and by the time of Jesus were once again a firmly established political party.
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No; Paul was a Pharisee. See Philippians 3:5.
Based on the stories about Jesus in the Christian Bible, there are elements of both the Pharisee and Sadducee in his remarks and actions.
To be honest I think it was more of a case of 'Why Did The Sadducee's Not get on with Jesus?' Or is it the same thing??
Paul was speaking of himself when he wrote, in Philippians 3:5 - circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; [NKJV]
The three different political parties in Jesus' time were the Pharisees, the Scribes, and the Sadducees. The Sadducees were less aggressive to Jesus until later on. The Pharisees, however, were more aggressive.
To be honest, I think it was more of a case of 'Why Did The Pharisee's Not get on with Jesus?' Or is it the same thing?
No, at least not as Messiah.
Paul became a Pharisee during Jesus' time. He was actually born a Hebrew of Hebrews, which made him a Pharisee from birth. Paul was one of Jesus' Apostles.
The Pharisee leaders sought to kill Jesus, and one man, Judas betrayed him to the Pharisee's.
He mentioned 'Pharisee' three times in the gospels when he spoke.
Mary and Martha prepared the body of Jesus for burial.