Who Were the Pharisees and Sadducees? 

A good point here is that there can be two dominating schools of thought but both can easily be wrong.

"You brood of snakes and vipers." Jesus said!

Quick way to remember the difference (trigger warning: dad joke) The Sadducess did not believe in the resurrection, that's why they were sad, you see. Sorry, couldn't help it.

I hope the person that made this video actually gets this. I would like to say how thankful I am that someone can explain the Bible in such an easy to understand why. God bless you

Thank you for making things clearer.. I'm studying the bible, and I need all the help I can get.

Very Good , thank you for clearing that all up. Jesus is ,the way,the truth and the life .

Well done. Except for the manatee. That part sucked. No cuts? Impressive.

When you compared them to Republicans and Democrats, it reminded me of Ecclesiastes 1 9What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

Great video. Very clear and memorable. Definitely a fan of these explain-a-particular-topic style videos. Keep up the good work.

I thank you because although you ran through several centuries it was by far the best and clearest rendition I have come across.

Wow.. I was looking to get a clear meaning of what the Pharisees and Sadducees had in common and their differences and this has helped. Far more than I thought. Thank you so much for this

There's more to the story than that... The Sadducees began way back in the 400's. They were the descendants of the High Priest Zadok, of King David's time. They thought they ought to be the priests appointed by the Persians to rule Judea. So they were. But as the leaders of Judea, they were the ones who developed the most wealth and interactions with Greek culture. They became so secular that they saw all the Jewish rituals as only pertaining to the Temple. In other words, they thought all God asked was for them to do the "church" thing one day a week, and they could live as they wished the other 6 days. The Pharisee movement began about 100 years after the Sadducees began. The word "Pharisee" means "separated one." You see, among the Levites, only the sons of Aaron were to be priests. But now, there was an elite strain of priests in charge. So there were three classes of religious people... The sons of Zadok (Sadducees) 2. the rest of the priests, and 3. the rest of the Levites. The Pharisee movement was a reaction against the worldliness of the Sadducees. The movement began among the non-priests of the Levites, who were scribes and teachers of the Law in the synagogues. Thus, by the first century, the Pharisees (who believed they had oral traditions passed down from the time of Moses!) had become quite cold in heart, seeking for brownie points only by outward ritual. It was very much like the holiness movement which swept through the Eastern USA in the late 1800's, as a Wesleyan reaction against the worldliness of the very denominations which traced their heritage directly from the core of the European Reformation. History repeats itself. Strangely, Sadduceeism died out completely after there was no place for them, when Titus destroyed the Temple in 70 AD. So, Phariseeism was left as the only guiding movement among the Jews, during the disperson. Which is why Modern Judaism is actually Phariseeism in modern clothes. Which leads us to the question... is Pentecostalism (rooted in the Holiness movement of 130 years ago) as it grows by leaps and bounds worldwide, taking over christianity?

EXCELLENT synopsis in 7 minutes of a rather difficult topic to explain. Brilliant!! Thank you! 👍🙂

Thank you, for this explanation. It actually helped me in my quiet time this morning. God bless you.

Great explanation! Really happy I found your channel through No Dumb Questions.

I really appreciate you man for explaining such a complicated subject so easily. Thanks!

wow!! this vid is so on point!! exactly what I was looking for!! thanks

Thank you, Matt. This resonated with me.

Thanks Matt. Exceptionally well explained in a short time. Well done.

Thanks Matt! This actually helped me understand the background history of the Phars and the Sads

Thanks for the quick rundown I always struggle with this one.

Wow. Thank you so much, it was super helpful 👏👏👏👏😊

Great explanation! I've known the kids songs growing up but never learned the difference between the two or what they really were. It makes it easier to understand now!

Great video Thank you !

Sooo good! Love this! Great job! Very clear and helpful! Blessings -

I cannot express my thanks. You rock.

Excellent video. Please keep up the good work. May God be with you as you move forward. Please pray for this ministry and all the RU-vid ministries laboring for the cause of God.

Thank you for the explanation! We just happened to discuss this last night at our bible study. May God bless your ministry... I have been enjoying your channel!

Just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed this video! Well done, keep going!

Great video. Thank you

This was really helpful. Thanks. God bless you.

Love when you do videos like this. The interplay between classical history and Biblical history and theology is fascinating. You should discuss the pre-Nicaea early church in more depth sometime.

Thank you. This is very helpful to me right now.

Thanks Matt I appreciate this information

Thank you for this. Very concise explanation. Short but extremely informative.

Thank you for sharing this.

Thanks for doing this video, I always saw the pharisees and the sadducees as somewhat interchangeable, now this gives me a whole new perspective.

That was a great explanation! I loved your use of the green screen and timeline - it felt very immersive.

This was very well put!

Love at first sight. I like your channel right away.

This was fascinatingly applicable to today. Thanks!

Really, really good explanation. Thank you!

This was the best explanation I found thus far! Thanks

Wow you certainly answered my question. Thank you.

So clear bro!! Thank you.

Wow! This was super helpful. I'm showing it to my kids tonight.

This was a very good clarification. Thanks for posting.

Excellent summary here Matt

This was so awesome! And very straightforward! Thank you so much! New subscriber here!!!

Very good - Can't wait to see Part 2 where we get a bit more depth!

Woah! Great video Matt. Been listening to NDQ for a while and finally have come over to your channel. Seriously great videos, this particularly was a real eye opener! I thought the Pharisees and Sadducees were just different levels of Priest-ness or whatever, but you explained it so well and so clearly. Keep up the good work. Love the manatee!

Excellent video, thank you!

Thank you for this explaining who the Pharisees were going back into the OT for your explanation. It was very helpful. 😊👍

Matt, excellent job. I am looking forward to the eclipse

My class loved this video! Thank you for explaining this so well!

Awesome stuff! I did a video on the Pharisees specifically recently, there aren't enough videos that go in depth about these groups

I love God! He's fabulous, kind, and loving. He is so beautiful to me.

Thank you so much, Matt. If more history lessons had a great overview at the beginning, I know I would remember more.

Well put Matt. Can you also talk more about the Sanhedrin, it's origins, impact it had at the time of Jesus. And current times. Thanks again.

Thank you for the teaching bro 👍

Really good teaching. Thanks!

another home run... these videos are great

Thank you! I'm so glad someone else sees this. I've started to call the Democratic & Republican parties religions as a confrontation. I believe faith in Human Government is the most widely accepted idolatry of our time. There's only one Kingdom I'm loyal to!

You briefly touched on the maccabean rebellion. I would love to see more on that from you :) I had to write a paper on that in college.

Contemporary normative Judaism which is rabbinical, especially Orthodox and Conservative, is a direct descendant of the Pharisees. The Sadducees have no heirs in the Jewish world There were other Jewish parties such as the Essenes, the Zealots, and the Hellenists. The Pharisees are the creators of the Talmud.

Good video but my eye twitched when you called it "Greekicizing" at 3:58. It's called "Hellenizing".

That's so cool now I understand thank you!! 😃😃

Thanks Matt

Awesome explanation, I had to jump back and re-listen like 8 times because attention deficit but worth every jump.

Was totally thinking about this while listening to Matthew on audible

thank you for your teaching, praise you holy spirit hallejuah

Cool very well explained. Thank you very much. God bless you. Blessings from India

Fabulous summation of Bible characters which I never quite got. God bless you for your teaching style.

technical point: Is it possible you changed something with the sound. First I thought it is on my side, but then I looked at a few other videos of yours and they are definitely louder.

Nice video, Matt! Thanks for the clarification! I always had thought they were roughly the same people with different titles. ;)

great video!

Great choice for a topic, and very good execution (as usual)! I've seen the previous video so I know you're thinking about what kind of videos to do next, and I think this is a very good start, with explanations about people mentioned in the Bible and a look at their history and context, would love to see more of this.

Very informative

Well done!

Nice. Thanks dude.

Thanks a million.

Sick shirt! Oh & I loved the comparison to congress

👀 at your background, & I'm 😲 wow!, God is great, cause I'm on 3rd part of the 🎥 collection. The Jews are wearing those exact clothes I mean w/ the same 👨 playing high priest. Thanks 4 taking time & breaking this topic on a easily understood level. Remain blessed.

Excellent explanation which helped me to understand the difference...

You're doing an amazing job, don't matter what religion you are. The Word of God needs to be Preached. So much more work needs to be done, til God Returns!

Hi Matt, My name is Beth and I've been watching your Ten Minute Bible Hour videos for a while now. My bible study group is studying the book of Acts and your "commentary" on it has been THE BEST! I love your style of teaching, your humor, your intelligence and the way you make things so easy to understand without being condescending and the way you accept that others may not always agree.. I would like to contribute to you to help you to continue to do the Ten Minute Bible Hour but don't know how. Can you help tell me if there is a way? Also, being Ash Wednesday, I am a non-practicing Catholic, my husband is a very devote Catholic and I would love to hear your opinion on Lent if you have the time. Thanks so much for helping make studying the bible so much fun and so much easier to learn!

How do you get a reverse circumcision? maybe a video about that? :)

Thank you.

Very good!!!!

Great teaching Matt. It was a very confusing time but you boiled it down very succinctly. Looking at modern Judaism it would appear the Sadducees won. Have no fear, Jesus will get it all straightened out real soon.

thank you

Can we get some sources please.

Gifted teacher.

Thanks, understood

Brehhhhhh I wish I watched this video years ago. Makes so much sense and clears it up. Kinda cool how it is similar to modern day society and makes it easy to understand

Nice break down and spot on

Loved the simplified explanation! Jesus not belonging to either side of a traditional conservative/liberal ideology set? Weird how that worked... :-P Hope you catch the sarcasm in this latter half of the comment. ;-)

Mind blown!💥💥💥

Good video

Amazing. now my concept is clear.