John 12:42
And of the chiefs also, many believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
41These things spake Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
43for they loved the praise of men, more than the praise of God.
Cross References
Matthew 26:69And Cephas was sitting without in the hall, and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean.
Luke 12:8And I say to you, that every one that shall confess me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God.
John 7:13Yet no one spoke openly of him, from fear of the Jews.
John 9:22These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.
Matthew Henry on John 12:38-42
The Unbelief of the People. 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal… Read the whole commentary →