You are welcome to be distracted by my style and font use, if you prefer.
It would be interesting to know what leads you to ASSUME, PRESUME
that CAPS = shouting vs raised eyebrows, raised tone, lowered tone, intense eyes tone, curious face tone, angled head emphasis etc.
Would be happy to read what you’re getting at vis a vis the scribes and pharisees.
“Would be happy to read what you’re getting at vis a vis the scribes and pharisees.”
OK. That is all I am asking. Again, it may well be that in your mind adding color and caps to what you say is not the equivalent of shouting. I will extend you the courtesy of taking you at your word. But, please understand, it does appear that way, at least to some. Remember what Teddy Roosevelt said, “Speak without caps and colors, but carry a big stick.” ... or something like that.
Here is the point. The Sadducees, who held the office of high priest most often, were content to be in charge of the temple and its rites. In these things they placed their trust. And in this they were united. They tended to understand the government/organization (call it what you will) of the faithful as being a top down arrangement with themselves, naturally, at the top. The Pharisees, who were more numerous, were insistent about their personal piety and a personal relationship with God founded on said piety. And in this they were united. They tended to understand the government/organization of the faithful as being a bottom up arrangement with themselves, naturally, as the best exemplars.
Jesus called them both wrong.
My interest is in this: How did they get to be the way they were? Are their aberrations not recorded as examples for our learning/admonition also even as St. Paul said in 1 Corinthians of Israel in the wilderness?
So, there you are. Unfortunately, I have to go to work and will have to leave this discussion for now.