Sadducees

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A sect of the Jews)
• Rebuked by John the BaptistMatthew 3:7–9Luke 3:7–9
• Reject the doctrine of the resurrectionMatthew 22:23–34Mark 12:18–27Luke 20:27–40Acts 23:7Acts 23:8
• Jesus warns his disciples againstMatthew 16:6–12
• Persecute the apostlesActs 4:1–3Acts 5:17–33

The passages, in Bible order (10)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 10 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 3:7–9

   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?

   ›Commentary on Matthew 3:7–92 voices

   “But when he saw many of the Pharisees,.... This being the first place in which mention is made of the Pharisees and Sadducees, it may not be amiss to give some account of them once for all, and to begin with the Pharisees, and first with their name.

   “If so, then "God will not be able any longer to raise up from the stones children unto Abraham; nor to make a generation of vipers bring forth fruits of repentance." And if so, the apostle too was in error when he said in his epistle, "Ye were at one time darkness, (but now are ye light in the Lord: )" and, "We also were by nature children of wrath; " and, "Such were some of you, but ye are washed.

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2. Matthew 16:6–12

   “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

   ›Commentary on Matthew 16:6–121 voice

   “(Verses 6, 7.) Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. But they were discussing among themselves, saying, 'We did not bring any bread.' He who avoids the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees does not observe the precepts of the Law and the teachings of men, neglecting the traditions in order to fulfill God's commandment.

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3. Matthew 22:23–34

   That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 22:23–341 voice

   “I say nothing of the Jewish heretics who before the coming of Christ destroyed the law delivered to them: of Dositheus, the leader of the Samaritans who rejected the prophets: of the Sadducees who sprang from his root and denied even the resurrection of the flesh: of the Pharisees who separated themselves from the Jews on account of certain superfluous observances, and took their name from the fact of their dissent: of the Herodians who accepted Herod as the Christ.

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4. Mark 12:18–27

   Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:

   ›Commentary on Mark 12:18–271 voice

   “Their specious inquiry concerned the flesh, whether or not it would be subject to marriage after the resurrection; and they assumed the case of a woman who had married seven brothers, so that it was a doubtful point to which of them she should be restored. Now, let the purport both of the question and the answer be kept steadily in view, and the discussion is settled at once.

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5. Luke 3:7–9

   Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

   ›Commentary on Luke 3:7–92 voices

   “We see these men through the compassion of God, inspired with prudence to seek repentance of their crimes, dreading with wise devotion the terror of the judgment to come. Or perhaps, according to the precept, Be ye wise as serpents, (Matt. 10:16.) they are shown to have a natural prudence, who perceive what is coming, and earnestly desire help, though they still forsake not what is hurtful.

   “Then said he to the multitude,....

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6. Luke 20:27–40

   Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

   ›Commentary on Luke 20:27–402 voices

   “The heresy of the Sadducees not only denies the resurrection of the dead, but also believes the soul to die with the body. Watching then to entrap our Saviour in His words, they proposed a question just at the time when they observed Him teaching His disciples concerning the resurrection; as it follows, And they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If a brother, &c.

   “That is, "to Jesus", as the Persic version expresses it; and it was the same day, as Matthew says, on which the disciples of the Pharisees, and the Herodians, had been with him, putting the question about tribute to him: Mat 22:16 which deny that there is any resurrection; that is, of the dead; that there ever was any instance of it, or ever will be: this was the distinguishing tenet of that sect; see Act 23:8 and they asked him, the following question, after they had put a case to him.

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7. Acts 4:1–3

   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,

   ›Commentary on Acts 4:1–31 voice

   “See how matters are managed. First they were all mocked together. Then, after they became respected in the public speeches and afterward wrought a great marvel, therefore indeed thereafter, having grown bold, God permitting, they enter into dangers, and undertake the contests. See the progress …

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8. Acts 5:17–33

   Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

   ›Commentary on Acts 5:17–331 voice

   "Were filled with envy" means that they were aroused, agitated by what was being said. Now they attack the apostles with greater ferocity, but do not immediately begin to judge them, thinking that the public prison would strike them more forcefully. Look, if you will, …

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9. Acts 23:7

   As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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   “And when he had so said,....

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10. Acts 23:8

    For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

    ›Commentary on Acts 23:82 voices

    “Of the Sadducees I am silent, who, springing from the root of this error, had the hardihood to adjoin to this heresy the denial likewise of the resurrection of the flesh. The Pharisees I pretermit, who were "divided" from the Jews by their superimposing of certain additaments to the law, which fact likewise made them worthy of receiving this very name; and, together with them, the Herodians likewise, who said that Herod was Christ.

    “For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,....

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