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What Are The Similarities And Differences Between The Sadducees And Herodians

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Three classes of Jews were considered political and religious leaders during the time of Jesus; the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Herodians. They were often referred as the ruling council at that time.The Sadducees were aristocrats which were wealthy and held powerful positions and were often called the "liberal scholars of Christ's day”. They were the ones who controlled the state locally, spoke to the state universally, directed relations with the Romans, participated in the Sanhedrin, prepared and drove the army, and gathered taxes. They did not relate well to the common man, nor did the common man hold them in high opinion. In comparison to the Sadducees, the Pharisees were mostly middle-class businessmen, and therefore were in contact …show more content…

A striking similarity was that they all were against Jesus and His teachings. Those three most overwhelming, political, and religious gatherings wanted to kill Him. So they all joined efforts to do everything needed to reach their goal. They place all they trust in what each of them accepted as "reality," insulting the critical fact that the main teachings was from God, through His Son, Jesus Christ. This work has revealed one customary conviction about these three religious groups—their solid lack of regard for Jesus. Their unbelief drove them to impact God's people to have confidence in their conviction rather than the truth that lays in Christ alone. Perhaps the best lesson that can be learned from those three religious gatherings is to believe everything the Bible says, including the miraculous and the afterlife unlike the Sadducees. One should not treat traditions as having equal authority as Scripture, and not allow our relationship with God to be reduced to a legalistic list of rules and rituals unlike the Pharisees. Romans 14:12 says, "So then, each one will give an account of himself to God." The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians drove the all inclusive community of God into ungodly and religious beliefs. One day they will be judge according to what they did and each individuals will have to give an account of himself to

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