The Pharisees did not want to lose their power over the people. Jesus held the accountable for not knowing the day of His arrival but even at that, NOT all Jews are the Synagogue of Satan. The Edomites were the power in Judea at that time. They claimed to be Jews and no Priest could serve unless they bowed to them first and do their bidding. There are millions of Jews in Israel, some are in no doubt false Jews but of all the millions that came there since 1948 and do not worship satan!
In Matt. 23, Jesus was calling out the Pharisees for hypocrisy. They were Jews
The Pharisees did not want to lose their power over the people. Jesus held the accountable for not knowing the day of His arrival but even at that, NOT all Jews are the Synagogue of Satan. The Edomites were the power in Judea at that time. They claimed to be Jews and no Priest could serve unless they bowed to them first and do their bidding. There are millions of Jews in Israel, some are in no doubt false Jews but of all the millions that came there since 1948 and do not worship satan!
The Pharasees were a unique sub-group of what we would today call jews.
They were, indeed Judeans, in that they were resident of the Roman province of Judea.
But they were NOT of the tribe of Israel, and the decendants of Judah (Judahites).
They were claiming to be Judahites/Israelites, but were not.
In John 8, Jesus agreed that they were decended from Abraham, but NOT from Jacob. They were from Esau/Edom.