Pharisees Part One. 10 Signs You Might Be a Pharisee: Confessions … –And, you would think no one would ever call on you for a prayer again, but that would be wrong. When they looked at themselves, all they saw was faithfulness to the law. The Pharisee is one who gives eloquent prayers and moving speeches about God, but does not follow the law of God. After all, that takes too much effort. Do … Jesus was a Nazorean; a sect of the Essenes. BIBLE VERSE: “And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites…. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself and not to God. They were like the businessmen merchants and the tradesmen of their day. The Making of a Modern Pharisee | Desiring God Pharisee a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity; they are mentioned only by Josephus and in the New Testament. Although in … Jesus a Pharisee "Pharisee" is derived from Ancient Greek Pharisaios (Φαρισαῖος), from Aramaic Pərīšā (פְּרִישָׁא), plural Pərīšayyā (פְּרִישַׁיָּא), meaning Sometimes the first step in becoming a Pharisee is to label someone else a Pharisee. In many ways, I am a recovering Pharisee. Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious party that flourished in Palestine during the latter part of the Second Temple period (515 bce–70 ce).