{"id":5495,"date":"2010-03-18T11:21:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T11:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2017-09-07T00:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:04:17","slug":"pharisees-and-tombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2010\/03\/pharisees-and-tombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharisees and tombs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<\/head><body><p><\/p><p> Pharisees of course are mentioned throughout Matthew\u2019s gospel. \u00a0After Jesus\u2019 scathing denunciation at the temple (Matthew 23), they disappear for most of the rest of the gospel. \u00a0They appear one last time, along with the chief priests, asking for a seal on Jesus\u2019 tomb (27:62). <\/p>\n<p> It\u2019s fitting: The last time we saw Pharisees Jesus was denouncing them for \u201cbuilding the tombs of the prophets and adorning the monuments of the righteous,\u201d while confessing they are sons of those who murder prophets (23:29). \u00a0They prove they are sons of prophet-murderers once again. \u00a0They want to seal the tomb ( <em> taphos <\/em> ) of Jesus, proving that they are whited sepulchers ( <em> taphos <\/em> ) themselves (23:27). <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharisees of course are mentioned throughout Matthew\u2019s gospel. \u00a0After Jesus\u2019 scathing denunciation at the temple (Matthew 23), they disappear for most of the rest of the gospel. \u00a0They appear one last time, along with the chief priests, asking for a seal on Jesus\u2019 tomb (27:62). 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