John 9:22

These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

These {G5023} words spake {G2036} his {G846} parents {G1118}, because {G3754} they feared {G5399} the Jews {G2453}: for {G1063} the Jews {G2453} had agreed {G4934} already {G2235}, that {G2443} if {G1437} any man {G5100} did confess {G3670} that he {G846} was Christ {G5547}, he should be {G1096} put out of the synagogue {G656}.

The parents said this because they were afraid of the Judeans, for the Judeans had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged Yeshua as the Messiah would be banned from the synagogue.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

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Cross-References

  • John 7:13 (7 votes)

    Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

  • John 16:2 (7 votes)

    They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

  • Luke 6:22 (5 votes)

    Blessed 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 9:34 (3 votes)

    They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

  • John 12:42 (3 votes)

    ¶ Nevertheless 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:

  • John 12:43 (3 votes)

    For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

  • Isaiah 57:11 (2 votes)

    And 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?