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 7:13Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
• Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
• John 9:34They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.
• John 12:42–43Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
• Acts 4:18They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
• Luke 22:56–61A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
• Prov 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
• Ps 27:1–2By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
• Luke 12:4–9“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
• Isa 57:11“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
• Gal 2:11–13But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
• Acts 5:13None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.
• Isa 51:12“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
• Rev 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
• Acts 5:40They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
• Isa 51:7“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
• John 7:45–52The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
• John 20:19When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
• John 19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

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