John 9:22

John explains the parents feared the Jewish leaders, who had agreed to expel from the synagogue anyone confessing Jesus as Christ. Fear of exclusion silenced many.

Cross-references · 20

• John 7:13Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
• John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
• Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• John 9:34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
• John 12:42–43Nevertheless 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:
• Acts 4:18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
• Luke 22:56–61But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
• Prov 29:25The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
• Ps 27:1–2The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Luke 12:4–9And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
• Isa 57:11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
• Gal 2:11–13But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
• Acts 5:13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
• Isa 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
• Rev 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
• Isa 51:7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
• John 7:45–52Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
• John 20:19Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
• John 19:38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

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