From the way Jesus talks about them, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Pharisees were the villains of the New Testament. After all, he calls them some pretty horrible names: hypocrites, whited sepulchers, blind guides … In fact, he doesn’t seem to have too much good to say about them or to them.
However, by human standards, the Pharisees were actually the good guys of their time. In fact, they were people just like ourselves.
Click the link below to find out what I mean.
http://stalbansanglican.org/System/Media/Play.asp?id=40752&Key=AF4C592D-6ECD-4285-9335-6C1FFE621471
Council Nedd II 