Pharisees taught the existence of angels and spirits; this belief was not held by the Sadducees. It is strange that this doctrine of the Pharisees is nowhere referred to by Josephus, any more than its denial by the Sadducees; but both the belief and its denial are so obviously the logical outcome of what each party taught concerning the resurrection, that apparently it appeared unnecessary to make specific mention of it. There can be no sort of doubt that the passage in the Acts faithfully represents