John 12:42

The People Still Refuse To Believe

⁴¹ These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him. ⁴² Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue; ⁴³ for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

Believed in Him

Put Out of the Synagogue

Christ

Jesus

John

Messiah

Pharisees

John 7:13

Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

John 9:22

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.

Isaiah 51:7

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose heart is My law;
Do not fear the reproach of man,
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.

Isaiah 57:11

“Of whom were you worried and fearful
When you lied, and did not remember Me
Nor give Me a thought?
Was I not silent even for a long time
So you do not fear Me?

Isaiah 66:5

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, that we may see your joy.’
But they will be put to shame.

Matthew 10:32

“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 26:69-75

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Luke 12:8

“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

John 3:2

this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

John 7:48-51

No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

John 9:34

They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they put him out.

John 11:45

Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.

John 12:11

because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus.

John 16:2

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

John 19:38

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

Acts 5:41

So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.

Romans 10:10

for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

1 Peter 4:12-16

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

1 John 4:2

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

1 John 4:15

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