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The High Priest (Caiphis) was NOT a Pharasee , he was a Sadducee. (snip) The bible records Pharasees becoming followers of Jesus but not one Sadducee is recorded .

The Sanhedrin agreeing with Caiphis condemned Jesus to death. The Sanhedrin was made up of both Pharasees and Sadducees. Both Pharasees and Sadducees believed keeping the law made them righteous. Both were legalistic. Both groups were condemned by Jesus. Nicodemus, a Pharasee, is the one exception we know who defended and helped buried Jesus. Church tradition/history tells us Nicodemus was a believer.

Matthew 3:7 – Pharisees and Sadducees came to John the Baptist. He called them both a brood of vipers.

Matthew 16:1 – Pharisees and Sadducees tested Jesus asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:5-12 – Jesus said, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 22:23, Mark 12:18, Luke 20:27 – Sadducees do not believe in Resurrection.

Matthew 22:34 – Jesus silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

Acts 23:6-8 – Paul pitted the Sadducees and the Pharisees against each other in the Sanhedrin

Matthew 23 – Pharisees as hypocrites.

The bottom line regarding today's orthodox religious Jews is that they have the same Christ rejecting spirit and mindset of the Pharasees (and Sadducees if you will) of the 1st century .

[safisoft]

The bottom line regarding today's orthodox religious Jews is that they have the same Christ rejecting spirit and mindset of the Pharasees (and Sadducees if you will) of the 1st century .

So much is wrong with what you posted, not the least of which is the thinly veiled anti-Semitism.

There are many Orthodox Jew in Israel that secretly believe that Jesus is Messiah so your comment is slanderous to them, as well as to Religious Jews everywhere - if you want to understand why do a little research on how the Nazis used Martin Luther's work "Against the Jews" as justification for murdering Jews ("Jews rejected Jesus! Let's kill them!").

As for Pharisees, you need to take it up with Paul, the Pharisee:

"My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews. They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee..." Acts 26:4-5

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The Sanhedrin agreeing with Caiphis condemned Jesus to death.

All four Gospels record the meetings in Annas' and Caiaphas' home. Neither was the Nasi (President) of the Sanhedrin. While the Gospels do mention a group - no where is the word "Sanhedrin" used. In fact, as all Biblical scholars know, while the men may have been some of the men of the Sanhedrin, it was not the Sanhedrin.

During the Second Temple Period, the Sanhedrin was not permitted to meet anywhere except in the Hall of Hewn Stones of the Temple - and only in daylight hours.

So, no, the Sanhedrin did not condemn Jesus to death - Pilate and Herod were the only ones who could. Besides, no vote was recorded, and the witnesses did not agree so even if it had been in daylight hours, in the Hall of Hewn Stone, with all 70 members and the Nasi presiding, a death sentence could not be made even if Rome permitted it.