User: Why did the Pharisees and Sadducees oppose Jesus?
Assistant: The Pharisees and Sadducees opposed Jesus because he was a blasphemer. He claimed to be God and said that he had come back from the dead. This was blasphemy to the Jewish leaders of the time, who believed that God was unchanging and that there was no life after death. They also didn’t like that Jesus taught that the Jewish law was not the only way to be a good person.