God's Law is Spiritual, not Fleshy. The "Jews Religion" had rejected God's Spiritual Law and had created their own version of God's Laws. At least that is what Jesus taught His Apostles.
Zechariahs did not do this. This is why he knew Jesus when He came and the "Hebrew of Hebrews, the Pharisee Saul did not.
As Jesus promised.
John 14:
21 He that hath my commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him,
and will manifest myself to him.
How can you completely ignore the difference between a faithful Jew and an unfaithful Jew? Who Jesus manifests Himself to, and who He gives a delusion.
Luke 1:
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife
was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name
was Elisabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before God,
walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Matt. 15:
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
This is why Zechariahs knew Jesus and Saul did not. One followed God, the other followed religious traditions of man.
Phil. 3:
1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed
is not grievous, but for you
it is safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision,
which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus,
and have no confidence in the flesh. (Fleshy traditions and doctrines of men)
Because you have been convinced of the lie that the Pharisees were trying to follow God's Laws you have the Word backwards.
You believe it was the Commandments of God that caused to Pharisees to murder people, when in truth, it was the Commandments of Men. God's Word did not condemn Jesus or Stephen. If the Pharisees had been following God's Laws, they would have known Him, as Jesus said.
Paul was converted FROM a religion w
hich transgressed the Commandments of God by their own Traditions, to the Words and instructions of the Word which Became Flesh.
Like Abraham and Zechariahs did.