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Sadducee ~ (A) ~ one of a group of Jews who did not believe in heaven and resurrection ; an important group of Jews at the time of Jesus. They only used the five books at the beginning of the Old Testament . They believed that people would not live again after death.
Sadducees ~ (A) ~ a group of Jews who did not believe in heaven and resurrection ; an important group of Jews at the time of Jesus. They only used the five books at the beginning of the Old Testament . They believed that people would not live again after death.
Sadducees ~ (A) ~ a group of Jews . They did not believe that a person continued to live on after he had died. They only used the first 5 books of the Old Testament .
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