John 7:48
Has any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
John 12:42
Nevertheless, even many of the leading men believed in Him [as Savior and Messiah], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, for fear that [if they acknowledged Him openly] they would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated);
John 7:26
Look, He is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to Him! Is it possible that the rulers really know that this is the Christ?
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
1 Corinthians 2:8
None of the rulers of this age recognized and understood this wisdom; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
Jeremiah 5:4-5
Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated);
They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding,
For they do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,
John 7:50
Nicodemus (the one who came to Jesus before and was one of them) asked,
Acts 6:7
And the message of God kept on growing and spreading, and the number of disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem; and a large number of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith [accepting Jesus as Messiah and acknowledging Him as the Source of eternal salvation].
1 Corinthians 1:22-28
For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy,
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