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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Sadducee (Religious group in the New Testament)

A party drawn mostly from the priestly aristocracy. They rejected the oral tradition the Pharisees kept, and they denied the resurrection of the body.

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A party drawn mostly from the priestly aristocracy. They rejected the oral tradition the Pharisees kept, and they denied the resurrection of the body.

Who this is

The Sadducees were a Jewish religious and political party drawn mainly from the priestly aristocracy, distinguished from the Pharisees by their rejection of oral tradition, their denial of bodily resurrection, and their closer cooperation with Roman authority, and Jesus directly challenged their denial of resurrection using an argument from the Torah they themselves accepted.

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G4523

Where it appears
  • Matthew 3:7
  • Matthew 16:1
  • Matthew 16:6
  • Matthew 16:11
  • Matthew 16:12
  • Matthew 22:23
  • Matthew 22:34
  • Mark 12:18
  • Luke 20:27
  • Acts 4:1
  • Acts 5:17
  • Acts 23:6
  • Acts 23:7
  • Acts 23:8

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