And those sent were of the Pharisees,
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees.
And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
Those sent by the Pharisees
And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.
And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
“Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them becomes clean too.
And as He was saying this to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely, and to draw Him out on many subjects,
And the Pharisees, who loved silver, also heard all this, and were sneering at Him,
But the Pharisees and those learned in the Torah rejected the counsel of Elohim for themselves, not having been immersed by him.
He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of יהוה,’ as the prophet Yeshayahu said.”
and they asked him, saying, “Why then do you immerse if you are not the Messiah, nor Ěliyahu, nor the Prophet?”
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor messenger nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess both.
since they have known me from the first, if they wish to witness, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our observance.