There is one word to describe that kind of behaviour and that word is pharisee. |
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Jesus holds out his hand to the pharisee who will decide the issue of his own free-will. |
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He is a Pharisee exposed, the hypocrite who tells his patients how virtuous it is to be stoical. |
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Nicodemus, mentioned only in the Gospel of John, was a Pharisee and probably a member of the Sanhedrin, the highest governing body. |
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This Pharisee was boasting, in other words, of an asceticism beyond the norm. |
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The Pharisee in this story is again claiming to go above and beyond the duty of the law by tithing a portion of everything he acquires. |
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The Pharisee prays in a proud boastful way, only seeing what he does right and others do wrong. |
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It can also be seen in the use of Aramaic words, many discussions about the Mosaic Law or Pharisee traditions, or because of the fact that the book starts with a genealogy. |
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Read again my parable of the Pharisee and the publican from the second time, and then you will understand my teaching, which has been the same in all times. |
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Serious and substantial doubts about Paul's former life as a Pharisee, or even any contact with pharisaism on his part, have been raised. |
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Formerly a Pharisee, Paul confesses what he did as one of those learned elite, using intellectual prowess to co-opt holy law to coerce and repress. |
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These oral traditions were transmitted by the Pharisee school of thought of ancient Judaism, and were later recorded in written form and expanded upon by the rabbis. |
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A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him. |
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