 The Pharisees were discontented because Herod disregarded many of their demands with respect to the Temple's construction.The Sadducees, who were closely associated with priestly responsibilities in the Temple, opposed Herod because he replaced their high priests with outsiders from Babylonia and Alexandria, in an effort to gain support from the Jewish Diaspora.Herod's outreach efforts gained him little, and at the end of his reign anger and dissatisfaction were common amongst Jews.