John 7:48

Debate Over Jesus' Claims

⁴⁷ "What! Have you been led astray too?" the Pharisees replied. ⁴⁸ "Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ As for these people who do not know the Law--they are cursed!"

Believed in Him

Who Believes in Him

John

No

Pharisees

John 12:42

Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, on account of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, for fear that they should be expelled from their Synagogues;

John 7:26

Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the Philosopher? where the Teacher of the Law? where the Disputant of to-day? Has not God shown the world's philosophy to be folly?

1 Corinthians 2:8

This philosophy is not known to any of the leaders of to-day; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified our glorified Lord.

Matthew 11:25

At that same time Jesus uttered the words: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou has hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the child-like!

John 7:50

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

Acts 6:7

So God's Message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the Faith.

1 Corinthians 1:22-28

While Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks study philosophy,