The Pharisees and Sadducees (ο Φαρισαιο κα Σαδδουκαιο). The first time that we have this combination of the two parties who dislik…

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees. See Barnes on Matthew 3:7.

Tempting. That is, trying him—feigning a desire…

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees — The presence of members of the latter sect, who do not appear elsewhere in our Lord’s Gali…

The King is again met by His foes. Two sects, which were violently opposed to each other, unite their forces against Him. It is the way of the wick…

St. John Chrysostom: Just as the Lord sent the crowds away after the miracle of the five loaves, so also now He sends them awa…

The single article in the Greek for “the Pharisees and Sadducees” implies that they acted together. Perhaps they represent the Sanhedrin, which inc…

And the Pharisees came. Mark says that they began to dispute, from which we may infer that, when they had been defeated in argume…

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came ,
&c] Not from Jerusalem, as in (Matthew 15:1) but from the n…

The Pharisees and Sadducees were opposed to each other in principles and in conduct; yet they joined against Christ. But they desired a sign of the…

Previously, the Lord demonstrated the sufficiency of the Gospel teaching, showing that it does not require legal observances and, furthermore, that…