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Sadducees. Jewish party cited 14 times in the NT, not referred to in the OT. In the Gospel narrative they first appear together with Pharisees at John’s baptism. He addressed them as “sons of snakes” and challenged them by asking, “Who said that you could escape the coming wrath of God?” He demanded that they... Continue Reading →
The Essenes was a Jewish sect or community in Palestine in the last century BC and the 1st century AD.
The Ebionites combined Jewish faith and asceticism but diverged from apostolic teachings by rejecting Christ's deity and Paul's authority.
