Quotes about Jewish law

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

The Temple Pharisees were known as keepers of the tradition, staunch defenders of the Jewish law — and the minutiae with which they had surrounded it. Unlike the Sadducees, ardent foes on the Temple Council, the Pharisees traveled about Judea, lecturing in synagogues and searching out any perceived wrongdoing.