John 9:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.

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  • John 7:13 : 13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for feare of the Iewes.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that he doeth God seruice.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, & reuile you, & put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.
  • John 9:34 : 34 They answered, and sayd vnto him, Thou art altogether borne in sinnes, and doest thou teach vs? so they cast him out.
  • John 12:42-43 : 42 Neuertheles, euen among the chiefe rulers, many beleeued in him: but because of the Pharises they did not confesse him, least they should be cast out of the Synagogue. 43 For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.
  • Luke 12:4-9 : 4 And I say vnto you, my friendes, be not afraide of them that kill the bodie, and after that are not able to doe any more. 5 But I wil forewarne you, who ye shal feare: feare him which after hee hath killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say vnto you, him feare. 6 Are not fiue sparowes bought for two farthings, and yet not one of them is forgotten before God? 7 Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes. 8 Also I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall confesse mee before men, him shall the Sonne of man confesse also before the Angels of God. 9 But hee that shall denie mee before men, shall be denied before the Angels of God.
  • Luke 22:56-61 : 56 And a certaine mayde behelde him as hee sate by the fire, and hauing well looked on him, said, This man was also with him. 57 But he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while, another man sawe him, and saide, Thou art also of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not. 59 And about the space of an houre after, a certaine other affirmed, saying. Verely euen this man was with him: for he is also a Galilean. 60 And Peter saide, Man, I knowe not what thou sayest; immediatly while hee yet spake, the cocke crewe. 61 Then the Lorde turned backe, and looked vpon Peter: and Peter remembred the worde of the Lord, how he had said vnto him, Before the cocke crowe, thou shalt denie me thrise.
  • John 7:45-52 : 45 Then came the officers to the hie Priests and Pharises, and they said vnto them, Why haue ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Neuer man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharises, Are yee also deceiued? 48 Doeth any of the rulers, or of the Pharises beleeue in him? 49 But this people, which know not the Law, are cursed. 50 Nicodemus said vnto them, ( he that came to Iesus by night, and was one of them.) 51 Doth our Law iudge a man before it heare him, and knowe what he hath done? 52 They answered, and said vnto him, Art thou also of Galile? Searche and looke: for out of Galile ariseth no Prophet.
  • Ps 27:1-2 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord is my light & my saluation, whom shall I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my life, of whome shall I be afraide? 2 When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken vnto me, ye that know righteousnesse, the people in whose heart is my Lawe. Feare ye not the reproche of men, neither be ye afraide of their rebukes.
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 I, euen I am he, that comfort you. Who art thou, that thou shouldest feare a mortall man, and the sonne of man, which shalbe made as grasse?
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 And whome diddest thou reuerence or feare, seeing thou hast lyed vnto me, and hast not remembred me, neither set thy minde thereon? is it not because I holde my peace, & that of long time? therefore thou fearest not me.
  • John 19:38 : 38 And after these things, Ioseph of Arimathea (who was a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pilate that he might take downe the bodie of Iesus; Pilate gaue him licence. He came then and tooke Iesus body.
  • John 20:19 : 19 The same day then at night, which was the first day of the weeke, and when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled for feare of the Iewes, came Iesus and stoode in the middes, and saide to them, Peace be vnto you.
  • Acts 4:18 : 18 So they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wise they should speake or teach in the Name of Iesus.
  • Acts 5:13 : 13 And of the other durst no man ioyne him selfe to them: neuerthelesse the people magnified them.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when they had beaten them, they commaunded that they should not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them goe.
  • Gal 2:11-13 : 11 And when Peter was come to Antiochia, I withstood him to his face: for he was to be condemned. 12 For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful and vnbeleeuing, and the abominable and murtherers, and whoremogers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, & all liars shall haue their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

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