As opposed to being dressed down? (Opening Post)but accounts have been dressed up a bit
see post # 20. If you read carefully----the Jesus described in the NT---
is VERY MUCH a Pharisee of his time. He did that which Pharisees did and preached that which Pharisees preached and even despised those whom Pharisees despised-----but somehow-----he is later interpreted as being "anti-Pharisee" The fix-ups are obvious----done
by persons who had good reason to HATE Pharisees-----because Pharisees hated them. Romans LIKED Caiaphas even more than they liked Herod. They tolerated Pilate