Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
They did not
Lest
General references
Bible References
Among
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 No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?
John 11:45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.
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.
They did not
Matthew 10:32 “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
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;
Romans 10:10
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
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;
Lest
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.
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.
Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare,
But he whotrusts in the Lord will be exalted.
But he who
Isaiah 51:7 “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whoseheart is My law;
Do not fear thereproach of man,
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.
A people in whose
Do not fear the
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Isaiah 57:11 “Of whom were you worried and fearful
When you lied, and didnot remember Me
Nor give Me a thought?
Was I not silent even for a long time
So you do not fear Me?
When you lied, and did
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 whohate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’
Butthey will be put to shame.
“Your brothers who
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’
But
Matthew 26:69 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.
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.
1 Peter 4:12 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;
General references
John 7:48 No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?
John 9:13
They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.
John 10:42 Many believed in Him there.