Sadducees
The origin of this Jewish sect cannot definitely be traced. It was probably the outcome of the influence of Grecian customs and philosophy during the period of Greek domination. The first time they are met with is in connection with John the Baptist's "ministry. They came out to him when on the banks of the Jordan," "and he said to them, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned" "you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matt. 3:7.) The next time" they are spoken of they are represented as coming to our Lord "tempting him. He calls them "hypocrites" and "a wicked and" "adulterous generation" (Matt. 16:1-4; 22:23). The only reference" to them in the Gospels of Mark (12:18-27) and Luke (20:27-38) is "their attempting to ridicule the doctrine of the resurrection," "which they denied, as they also denied the existence of angels." They are never mentioned in John's Gospel. "There were many Sadducees among the "elders" of the Sanhedrin. "They seem, indeed, to have been as numerous as the Pharisees" (Acts 23:6). They showed their hatred of Jesus in taking part in "his condemnation (Matt. 16:21; 26:1-3, 59; Mark 8:31; 15:1; Luke" 9:22; 22:66). They endeavoured to prohibit the apostles from "preaching the resurrection of Christ (Acts 2:24, 31, 32; 4:1, 2;" "5:17, 24-28). They were the deists or sceptics of that age. They" do not appear as a separate sect after the destruction of Jerusalem. See where Sadducees occurs in the Bible...
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"Who asked it?but when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. (Matthew 22:34 NKJV)"
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