John 12:42

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Nevertheless, many even among the rulers believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess Him, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue.

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  • John 9:22 : 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jewish leaders had already decided that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  • John 7:13 : 13 Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for fear of the Jews.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be kept safe.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be dismayed by their insults.
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 Whom did you dread and fear, that you have been untruthful, and have not remembered me or taken it to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
  • Matt 10:32 : 32 Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." 71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to those standing there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72 And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man!" 73 A little while later, those standing there approached Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." 74 Then Peter began to call down curses and swore to them, "I do not know the man!" Immediately, a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  • Luke 12:8 : 8 I tell you, anyone who acknowledges Me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.
  • John 3:2 : 2 He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs You do unless God is with him.'
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: 'Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake, have said, "Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy." But they will be put to shame.'
  • John 9:34 : 34 They answered him, 'You were born entirely in sin, and you are teaching us?' And they threw him out.
  • John 11:45 : 45 Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus did believed in him.
  • John 12:11 : 11 because many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus because of him.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
  • John 19:38 : 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name.
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation.
  • 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
  • 1 John 4:2 : 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
  • 1 John 4:15 : 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in them, and they in God.
  • John 7:48-51 : 48 Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed. 50 Nicodemus, the one who had previously come to Him at night and who was one of them, said to them, 51 'Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?'

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  • John 7:12-13
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