At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” Luke 13:31 A few years ago ...
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The simple point is that jesus (not to mention His brother James and His apostle Paul) was, for all practical purposes, a Pharisee. His theology, His hermeneutic, His parables, His argumentation, His conclusions and even His dinner invitations were Pharisaic in origin. While we cannot be overly dogmatic that jesus was a Pharisee, there is no other sect or form of faith in all of human history with which He shared a closer affinity. He conducted Himself as if He were one.
