"Fulfilled - Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees Matt 16:1-12 " Mar 10,2019

A group of Pharisees and Sadducees asks Jesus again for a “sign from heaven” to prove who He is. These two groups are an unlikely pair, as they have very different views of Scripture. Pharisees are the religious conservatives of the day, but they add a system of man-made laws to the laws given by God in Scripture. The Sadducees reject these man-made laws but also do not believe in some of the supernatural elements of the Jewish faith, such as angels and the resurrection. They come to Jesus because they see Him as a threat to their political power. The word translated “test” here is the Greek word peirazō which was also used in Matthew 4 when the devil came to “tempt” Jesus. It is clear that they are not sincerely curious about who He is.