Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. (12:18)
The previous verses 13-17 deals with the question of the Pharisees and Herodians who conspired to catch a fault from Jesus’ teaching and action. From verses 18-27 the dispute about resurrection began by the Sadducees. Though it seemed totally different story, however two were same at the point of a trial to trap Jesus. The Sadducees conspires to trap Jesus through difficult question like the Pharisees.
The Sadducees were one of many sects in the ancient Israel, and mainly was opposite to the Pharisees. The Pharisees rejected the rule of Roman Empire while the Sadducees, the priest and noble class, recognized it. At the economical point of view, the Pharisees positioned the middle under class while the Sadducees were belonged to the upper. At the religious point of view, the Sadducees followed only the orthodox law which was different from the Pharisees who regarded all other traditions importantly, derived from the orthodox. It can be said the Sadducees were the conservative in politics, economics and religion. These people used to hold ‘status quo’ as the principle of their art of living.
There are different sects in Israel, Essene. They took the extreme attitude toward the secular order including Roman government, couldn’t be compared with the Sadducees and the Pharisees. They regarded secular order as an evil power. They set up a small sect movement, totally separated themselves from the world. They had a common life in Qumran, near to Dead Sea. The ascetic life style was the character of their life and so said John the Baptist also was from this sect.
Not only the Pharisees, comparably progressive and absolute legalist but also the Sadducees, the most conservative began to show their hostility to Jesus. It was the moment that Jesus’ room to maneuver was getting narrower and narrower.
The previous verses 13-17 deals with the question of the Pharisees and Herodians who conspired to catch a fault from Jesus’ teaching and action. From verses 18-27 the dispute about resurrection began by the Sadducees. Though it seemed totally different story, however two were same at the point of a trial to trap Jesus. The Sadducees conspires to trap Jesus through difficult question like the Pharisees.
The Sadducees were one of many sects in the ancient Israel, and mainly was opposite to the Pharisees. The Pharisees rejected the rule of Roman Empire while the Sadducees, the priest and noble class, recognized it. At the economical point of view, the Pharisees positioned the middle under class while the Sadducees were belonged to the upper. At the religious point of view, the Sadducees followed only the orthodox law which was different from the Pharisees who regarded all other traditions importantly, derived from the orthodox. It can be said the Sadducees were the conservative in politics, economics and religion. These people used to hold ‘status quo’ as the principle of their art of living.
There are different sects in Israel, Essene. They took the extreme attitude toward the secular order including Roman government, couldn’t be compared with the Sadducees and the Pharisees. They regarded secular order as an evil power. They set up a small sect movement, totally separated themselves from the world. They had a common life in Qumran, near to Dead Sea. The ascetic life style was the character of their life and so said John the Baptist also was from this sect.
Not only the Pharisees, comparably progressive and absolute legalist but also the Sadducees, the most conservative began to show their hostility to Jesus. It was the moment that Jesus’ room to maneuver was getting narrower and narrower.
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