Sadducee
The Sadducees were a Jewish sect that denied the resurrection, angels, and spirits, and often clashed with Jesus and the early church.
GroupNew Testament4 books25 verses
Summary
Religious group in the New Testament; called Sadducee (Σαδδουκαῖος).
Alternative names
- ΣαδδουκαῖοςSadducee
Mentions
25 verses
Includes 11 verses that refer to Sadducee without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- 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?
- Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Matthew 22:24Referred to, not named“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Matthew 22:25Referred to, not namedNow there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
- Matthew 22:29Referred to, not namedJesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- Matthew 22:31Referred to, not namedBut concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
- And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
- Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:
- Mark 12:19Referred to, not named“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Mark 12:24Referred to, not namedJesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
- Mark 12:26Referred to, not namedBut concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
- Mark 12:27Referred to, not namedHe is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
- Mark 12:28Referred to, not namedNow one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
- Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
- While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
- Acts 4:2Referred to, not named…greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
- Acts 4:3Referred to, not namedThey seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
- Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
- Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
- For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.