22These 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.
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They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
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.
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
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: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-34)One would have expected that such a miracle as Christ wrought upon the blind man would have settled his reputation, and silenced and shamed all opposition, but it had the contrary effect; instead of being embraced as a prophet for it, he is prosecuted as a criminal. I. Here is the information that was given in to the Pharisees concerning this matter: They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetim…
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