Sadducees

Sadducees

—A Jewish party, prominent at the time of Jesus

  1. Major characteristics
    1. Members of the Sanhedrin (Jewish council) —Acts 23:6
    2. Did not believe in the resurrection of the dead —Mt 22:23; Acts 23:8
  2. The Sadducees and Jesus
    1. The Sadducees questioned and tested Jesus
      1. About a sign from heaven —Mt. 16:1; Mk. 8:11
      2. About the resurrection of the dead —Mt 22:23-27; Mk 12:18-23; Lk 20:27-33
    2. Jesus criticized the Sadducees —Mt 16:6, 11-12
  3. The Sadducees and the early church
    1. Persecuted the church —Acts 4:1-3; 5:17-18
    2. Put the apostles on trial —Acts 5:21-32
    3. Put Paul on trial —Acts 22:30-23:6

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