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