Φαρισαῖος

Farisai'o" Farisai'o",
Farisaivou,
oJ, a Pharisee, a member of the sect or party of the Pharisees (Syriac [?], rabbinic writings @yviWrP], from vr'P;, `to separate', because deviating in their life from the general usage; Suidas, under the word, quotes Cedrenus as follows,
Farisai'oi,
oiJ
ejrmhneuovmenoi
ajfwrismevnoi.
parav
tov
merivzein
kaiv
ajforivzein
eJautouv"
tw'n
a[llwn
aJpavntwn
eij"
tev
tov
kaqarwtaton
tou'
bivou
kaiv
ajkribestaton,
kaiv
eij"
tav
tou'
novmou
ejntavlmata). The first and feeble beginnings of this sect seem to be traceable to the age immediately succeeding the return from exile. In addition to the books of the O. T. the Pharisees recognized in oral tradition (see
paravdosi", 2) a standard of belief and life (Josephus, Antiquities 13, 10, 6; ; ). They sought for distinction and praise by the observance of external rites and by the outward forms of piety, such as ablutions, fastings, prayers, and alms-giving; and, comparatively negligent of genuine piety, they prided themselves on their fancied good works. They held strenuously to a belief in the existence of good and evil angels, and to the expectation of a Messiah; and they cherished the hope that the dead, after a preliminary experience either of reward or of penalty in Hades, would be recalled to life by him and be requited each according to his individual deeds. In opposition to the usurped dominion of the Herods and the rule of the Romans, they stoutly upheld the theocracy and their country's cause, and possessed great influence with the common people. According to Josephus (Antiquities 17, 2, 4) they numbered more than 6,000. They were bitter enemies of Jesus and his cause; and were in turn severely rebuked by him for their avarice, ambition, hollow reliance on outward works, and affectation of piety in order to gain notoriety: ; ; Lachmann; ,,; ,,, Lachmann omits; ,; ,,f; ; ; (22:15,34,41); ,,,,; ; ,,; ; ,,; ,; (9:11 L in brackets T); ; : ,,,; ,; ,f,39; , (but in G T Tr WH omit; L brackets the clause),53; ; ; ,; ; ; ; f; ; ; ; ; ,,<<ref:BHS/GNT_Joh 7:47$