That was the Saducees. Not Pharisees.

The Saducees were the Temple elite. Big shots. Rich. Long extinct group. They were the baddies you mention.

The Pharisees were the common man, the man in the street. Not elite. Poor. Had no power. Their leaders founded rabbinic system still in use today, when the Temple was gone. Their descendants are still here. Today's Judaism is Pharisaic Judaism.

The words were switched somewhere along the way, possibly by a Saducee who wanted the blame put onto a rival group, the Pharisees. Possibly a Saducee convert to Christianity. Who still had Saducee friends and relatives, and did not want them blamed. But they should have been blamed.

Instead the Pharisees have been mistakenly made to pay for the misdeeds of the Saducees. For a long time. This ought to be straightened out.

It is well known who both groups were. It is logically obvious that only the Temple elite, the Saducees, could have done those things. They had gotten very big for their britches. They disappeared two thousand years ago. Deservedly.

Picking on the Pharisees makes no sense, unless the two words were switched in the old texts. On purpose.

Let this be corrected.

That was the Saducees. Not Pharisees.

The Saducees were the Temple elite. Big shots. Rich. Long extinct group. They were the baddies you mention.

The Pharisees were the common man, the man in the street. Not elite. Poor. Had no power. Their leaders founded rabbinic system still in use today, when the Temple was gone. Their descendants are still here. Today's Judaism is Pharisaic Judaism.

The words were switched somewhere along the way, possibly by a Saducee who wanted the blame put onto a rival group, the Pharisees. Possibly a Saducee convert to Christianity. Who still had Saducee friends and relatives, and did not want them blamed. But they should have been blamed.

Instead the Pharisees have been mistakenly made to pay for the misdeeds of the Saducees. For a long time. This ought to be straightened out.

It is well known who both groups were. It is logically obvious that only the Temple elite could have done those things. They had gotten very big for their britches.

That was the Saducees. Not Pharisees.

The Saducees were the Temple elite. Big shots. Rich. Long extinct group. They were the baddies you mention.

The Pharisees were the common man, the man in the street. Not elite. Poor. Had no power. Their leaders founded rabbinic system still in use today, when the Temple was gone. Their descendants are still here. Today's Judaism is Pharisaic Judaism.