John 1:24

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. ¹ ) ² 

biblegateway Joh 1:24

Now some Pharisees who had been sent

biblegateway Joh 1:24

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

biblegateway Joh 1:24

Then those who were sent by the Pharisees

biblegateway Joh 1:24

Those sent to question him were from the Pharisee party.

SABDAweb Joh 1:24

Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

bibleoremus Joh 1:24

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

biblegateway Joh 1:24

Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

biblegateway Joh 1:24

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. ¹ ) ² 

¹ sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.