But instead of becoming holy, they become Pharisaic.
However, today the word“ Pharisaic” and related terms are derogatory,
lived at the time when the Pharisaic concept of the rabbi was beginning to overtake Judaism.
By the first century C. E., the graduates of these Pharisaic academies came to be known as teachers,
He was educated at the feet of Gamaliel, a well- known and highly esteemed teacher of the Pharisaic tradition.
By the first century C. E., the graduates of these Pharisaic academies came to be known as teachers,
or masters, of Jewish law.
However, today the word“ Pharisaic” and related terms are derogatory,
synonymous with sanctimonious, self- righteous, holier- than- thou, overpious, and giving lip service.
Jesus, the first- century Jew who founded Christianity,
lived at the time when the Pharisaic concept of the rabbi was beginning to overtake Judaism.
Jesus Christ himself used this incident to illustrate the impropriety of the unduly rigid application of the Sabbath law demanded by the Pharisaic interpretation of it. - Matthew 12: 1- 8.
In Jesus' day the multiplicity of Pharisaic rules encouraged the seeking of loopholes,
the perfunctory performance of works devoid of love, and the cultivating of a self- righteous exterior to mask inner corruption.- Matthew 23: 23, 24.