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=== Pharisees ===
The '''Pharisees''' were one of the chief Jewish religious sects during the last two centuries <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. and the first two centuries <small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. Their name means “separated ones,” probably indicating their desire to remain apart from all that was “unclean” and from those who did not follow them in the strict observance of the Law.  
The '''Pharisees''' were one of the chief Jewish religious sects during the last two centuries <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. and the first two centuries <small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. Their name means “separated ones,” probably indicating their desire to remain apart from all that was “unclean” and from those who did not follow them in the strict observance of the Law.