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Sadducees

Related: Pharisees; Herodians; Sanhedrin; Essenes; Leaven    Sadducees. This name comes from ‘Zadok’, or ‘Sadoc’, the promised line of priests in Israel who descended through Phinehas. In the gospel narratives, the Sadducees are more closely connected with the chief priests (Acts 5:17), although the office of High Priest moved between the Pharisees and Sadducees at times. During the […]
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Acts 23

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Paul’s Defense before the Sanhedrin & Deliverance to Felix Acts 23   Acts 23. In this chapter, Paul appeared before the Sanhedrin and things initially went from bad to worse. After rebuking the high priest and then retracting his words, Paul appealed to the resurrection in order to divide the council, which led […]