48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
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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:
But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 45-53)The chief priests and Pharisees are here in a close cabal, contriving how to suppress Christ; though this was the great day of the feast , they attended not the religious services of the day, but left them to the vulgar, to whom it was common for those great ecclesiastics to consign and turn over the business of devotion, while they thought themselves better employed in the affairs of church-polic…
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