Jesus and the Pharisees — a Torah obedience movement — were in disagreement over how best to read the will of God in the Torah. He called them hypocrites? (They called him a glutton and winebibber!)
So, what of the charge of hypocrisy? What is a “hypocrite”? Who is a hypocrite?
Five observations, leading to a summary definition of what Matthew (Jesus) mea…