However, not all Sadducees were of this line. According to Josephus, the Sadducees were the aristocrats and wealthy men of the nation, and they did not have the support of the masses.
जोसीफसच्या मते, सदूकी हे यहुदातील उमराव व धनिक होते व त्यांना सर्वसामान्य जनतेचा पाठिंबा नव्हता.