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San Juan 12:42
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Sin embargo, muchos, aun de los gobernantes, creyeron en El, pero por causa de los fariseos no lo confesaban, para no ser expulsados de la sinagoga.
Con todo eso, aun de los pr�ncipes, muchos creyeron en �l; mas por causa de los Fariseos no lo confesaban, por no ser echados de la sinagoga.
Con todo eso, aun de los pr�ncipes, muchos creyeron en �l; mas por causa de los fariseos no lo confesaban, para no ser echados de la sinagoga.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
among: John 3:2, John 7:48-51, John 11:45, John 19:38
they did not: Matthew 10:32, Luke 12:8, Romans 10:10, 1 John 4:2, 1 John 4:15
lest: John 7:13, John 9:22, John 9:34, John 16:2, Proverbs 29:25, Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 57:11, Isaiah 66:5, Matthew 26:69-75, Luke 6:22, Acts 5:41, 1 Peter 4:12-16
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:18 - for the Lord Jeremiah 38:19 - I Daniel 1:10 - I fear Luke 8:13 - which John 2:23 - many John 7:26 - Do John 7:31 - believed John 9:13 - General John 10:42 - General Acts 5:13 - of Acts 6:7 - the priests Romans 10:9 - That if Philippians 2:11 - every 2 Timothy 3:7 - learning Revelation 21:8 - the fearful
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also,.... These were the members of the Jewish sanhedrim, as Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and others:
many believed on him; that he was the Messiah, though they did not believe in him in a spiritual and saving manner, as their Redeemer and Saviour, only in their minds, being convicted by his miracles, gave an assent unto him, as the promised Messiah. The two persons just mentioned may be thought truly to have believed in Christ; but the many here spoken of seem to have had only an historical faith in him, as appears by what follows:
but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him; as they ought to have done, and as they would have done, if their faith had been right; for where with the heart men believe in Christ to righteousness, there, with the mouth, confession is made to salvation; and between a non-confession of Christ, and a denying him, is no medium; and Christ interprets the one to be the same with the other; see Romans 10:9; and this they did not do, because of the Pharisees, who were the inveterate and implacable enemies of Christ, and were the prevailing party in the sanhedrim: wherefore these chief rulers, though many, were afraid of them,
lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they had made a decree in the sanhedrim, that whoever confessed that Jesus was the Messiah, should be cast out; and they had put it into execution upon the man born blind, whose eyes Christ opened, for speaking in favour of his benefactor; and this had struck terror in the minds, not only of the common people; but of the chief rulers themselves; for it was looked upon as a very dreadful thing to be put out of the synagogue;
Romans 10:9- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The chief rulers - Members of the Sanhedrin - Nicodemus, Joseph, and others like them.
Because of the Pharisees - The Pharisees were a majority of the council.
Did not confess him - Did not openly avow their belief that he was the Messiah. Two of them, however, did afterward evince their attachment to him. These were Joseph and Nicodemus, John 19:38-39. That Joseph was one of them appears from Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51.
Put out of the synagogue - Excommunicated. See the notes at John 9:22.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 42. Among the chief rulers - many believed on him — We only know the names of two of them, Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea.
But-they did not confess him — Or it: they were as yet weak in the faith, and could not bear the reproach of the cross of Christ. Besides, the principal rulers had determined to excommunicate every person who acknowledged Christ for the Messiah; see John 9:22.
