John 7:48

Debate Over Jesus' Claims

⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered, "Have you been imposed upon too? ⁴⁸ Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!"

Believed in Him

Who Believes in Him

John

No

Pharisees

John 12:42

Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,

John 7:26

And here he is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to him! Can the authorities really have found that he is the Christ?

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where now is your philosopher? Your scribe? Your reasoner of today? Has not God made a fool of the world's wisdom?

1 Corinthians 2:8

It is a wisdom unknown to any of the authorities of this world, for otherwise they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

Matthew 11:25

At that same time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent and revealing it to children.

John 7:50

One of them, Nicodemus, who had previously gone to Jesus, said to them,

Acts 6:7

So God's message continued to spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a great many priests accepted the faith.

1 Corinthians 1:22-28

For Jews insist upon miracles, and Greeks demand philosophy,