From Nave’s Topical Bible
Pharisees
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 33Passages listed
- 5Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A sect of the JewsActs 15:5
- Doctrines ofMatthew 15:9
- Concerning the resurrectionActs 23:6Acts 23:8
- Association with publicans and sinnersMatthew 9:11–13
- Traditions of, in regard to
- FastingMatthew 9:14Luke 18:12
- The washing of handsMatthew 15:1–3Mark 7:1–15
- The duties of children to parentsMatthew 15:4–9
- The SabbathMatthew 12:2–8
- Hypocrisy of, reproved
- By JohnMatthew 3:7–10
- By JesusMatthew 6:2–8Matthew 6:16–18Matthew 15:1–9Matthew 16:1–12Matthew 21:33–46Matthew 23:2–33Luke 11:14–54Luke 12:1Luke 15:1–9
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- Reject
- JohnLuke 7:30
- ChristMatthew 12:38Matthew 12:39Matthew 15:12John 7:48
- Come to Jesus with questionsMatthew 19:3Matthew 22:15–22
- They minister to JesusLuke 7:36Luke 11:37Luke 14:1
- Become disciples of JesusJohn 3:1Acts 15:5Acts 22:3
- Paul, a PhariseeActs 23:6Acts 26:5
- See Herodians
- See Sadducees
The passages, in Bible order (33)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Matthew 3:7–10
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Commentary on Matthew 3:7–101 voice
If so, then "God will not be able any longer to raise up from the stones children unto Abraham; nor to make a generation of vipers bring forth fruits of repentance." And if so, the apostle too was in error when he said in his epistle, "Ye were at one time darkness, (but now are ye light in the Lord: )" and, "We also were by nature children of wrath; " and, "Such were some of you, but ye are washed.
Tertullian· A Treatise on the Soul, 220Patristic
- Matthew 6:2–8
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Commentary on Matthew 6:2–81 voice
Is it to please the brethren, or God Himself? If God Himself, He is as capable of beholding whatever is done in secret, as He is just to remunerate what is done for His sole honour. In fine, He enjoins us not to trumpet forth any one of those things which will merit reward in His sight, nor get compensation for them from men.
Tertullian· On the Veiling of Virgins, 220Patristic
- Matthew 6:16–18
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Commentary on Matthew 6:16–181 voice
(V. 16) For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. The word exterminate, which is frequently used in the books of Ecclesiastic writers, has a much different meaning than is commonly understood. For it means that those who are exiled are exterminated, as they are sent beyond the borders. Therefore, we should always understand this word in this sense: which is said in Greek as ἀφανίζουσι.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 9:11–13
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Commentary on Matthew 9:11–132 voices
For they do not come to Jesus while they remain in their original condition of sin, as the Pharisees and Scribes complain, but in penitence, as what follows proves; But Jesus hearing said, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
The Jews were seething with envy that the Lord was spending time with publicans and sinners. He declared to them that the words of the law were being concealed under a cloak of faithlessness. He gave aid to the sick and medicine to those in need. For those who believed they were healthy, however, no cure was necessary. But in order for them to understand that none of his followers were healthy, he advised them to learn the meaning of "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice."
Hilary of Poitiers· Commentary (church-history corpus), 367Patristic
- Matthew 9:14
At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Commentary on Matthew 9:141 voice
(Verse 14) Then the disciples of John came to him, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast? Proud question, and full of the arrogance of the Pharisees. Certainly, to say nothing else, the boasting of fasting should be reprehended. And the disciples of John could not be blameless, who were slandering him, whom they knew had been proclaimed by their master's words, and were joining themselves to the Pharisees, whom they knew had been condemned by John, saying: O generation of vipers, who has shown you to flee from the coming wrath?
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 12:2–8
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”
Commentary on Matthew 12:2–81 voice
(V2.) But the Pharisees, seeing this, said to him: Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful for them to do on the Sabbath. Note that the first apostles of the Savior destroy the letter of the Sabbath against the Ebionites, who, while accepting the other apostles, reject Paul as a transgressor of the law.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
Commentary on Matthew 12:381 voice
(Verse 38) Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." They demand a sign as if the signs they had seen were not enough. But in another Gospel it is explained more fully what they are asking for: "We want to see a sign from heaven" (Mark 8:11).
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 12:39
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Commentary on Matthew 12:391 voice
That generation was evil, on account of the influence that had come to be in it from the evil one. It was adulterous because it had left her natural husband—the word or law of truth—and had come to be wedded to a lie. The law which is "in the members" of our flesh wars against "the law of the mind." It is an adulterer of the soul. Every opposing power, when it has intercourse with the soul unfaithfully—the soul that has as its bridegroom the Word of God—causes the soul to commit adultery.
Origen of Alexandria· FRAGMENT 274, 253Patristic
- Matthew 15:1–3
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
Commentary on Matthew 15:1–31 voice
(Chapter 15, Verse 1) Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: Why do your disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? The stupidity of the Pharisees and scribes is evident as they accuse the Son of God of not keeping the traditions and precepts of men.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 15:4–9
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Commentary on Matthew 15:4–91 voice
For God hath said, Honour thy father and thy mother. Honour in the Scriptures is shown not so much in salutations and courtesies as in alms and gifts. Honour, (1 Tim. 5:3.) says the Apostle, the widows who are widows indeed; here 'honour' signifies a gift. The Lord then having thought for the infirmity, the age, or the poverty of parents, commanded that sons should honour their parents in providing them with necessaries of life.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 15:9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Commentary on Matthew 15:92 voices
But does this pretense profit them? No, because it does not please the Lord; hence there follows but in vain do they worship me. But what does this mean? Fasting is a teaching of men, and canons are traditions of men; do those who teach …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Matthew, 1274Patristic
(ap. Anselm.) Or, They honoured Him in commending outward purity; but in that they lacked the inward which is the true purity, their heart was far from God, and such honour was of no avail to them; as it follows, But without, reason do they worship we, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
Glossa Ordinaria· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1274Patristic
- Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Commentary on Matthew 15:122 voices
(Verse 12.) Then his disciples approached him and said to him, 'Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard this word? From one speech, all the superstitious observance of the Jews had been eliminated; those who considered their religion to be based on the eating and abstaining from certain foods.' And because the term 'scandal' is frequently used in Ecclesiastical Scriptures, let us briefly explain what it means. Σκῶλον and scandalum can be translated as 'stumbling block,' 'fall,' or 'the stumbling and falling of the foot.'
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
Then came his disciples, and said unto him,.... That is, after he had dismissed the people, and was come into a private house; see Mar 7:17 his disciples came to him, being alone, full of concern, for what he had said to the Pharisees, and before all the people; and not so well understanding it themselves.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Matthew 16:1–12
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Commentary on Matthew 16:1–121 voice
(Chapter XVI—Verse 1 and following) And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven. But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 19:3
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Commentary on Matthew 19:32 voices
(Chapter XIX. — Verse 1 and following) And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause?
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
The Pharisees also came unto him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Matthew 21:33–46
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Commentary on Matthew 21:33–461 voice
He hath planted a vine of which Isaiah speaks, The vine of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel. (Isa. 5:7.) And hedged it round about; i. e. either the wall of the city, or the guardianship of Angels. A winepress, that is to say, An altar; or those winepresses after which the three Psalms, the 8th, the 80th, and the 83d are entitled, that is to say, the martyrs. And built a tower therein, that is, the Temple, of which it is said by Micah, And thou, O cloudy tower of the daughter of Sion. (Mic. 4:8.)
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 22:15–22
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
Commentary on Matthew 22:15–221 voice
(Verse 15.) Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?"
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic