John 9:13

Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.”

But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

They found him and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”

They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

Many believed in him there.

But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.

Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.

Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.

You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.

They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,

Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

For with the heart, one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.