pharisee

Example Sentences

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The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:—   Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

But you and I, and every pharisee, publican, and sinner in the world, are equally the children of God to begin with.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

“What is a pharisee and a publican?” asked Caleb.

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob

But the attempt was fruitless: he succeeded no better in curing a dropsical person that chanced to be in the house of a pharisee who gave the Saviour a dinner.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

His father was a Jew, a pharisee, and a man of respectable social position.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by Lord, John