His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. Cross References Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. John 1:19 And this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?" John 7:13 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews. John 7:45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring Him in?" John 9:18 The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents John 9:21 But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself." John 9:34 They replied, "You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?" And they threw him out. John 9:35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" John 12:42 Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. Treasury of Scripture These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. because. John 7:13 John 12:42,43 John 19:38 he should. John 9:34 John 12:42 John 16:2 |
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