Has any ruler or any Pharisee believed in him?
At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from wise and intelligent people and revealing them to little children.
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people.
Many rulers believed in Jesus. However, they wouldn’t admit it publicly because the Pharisees would have thrown them out of the synagogue.
Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish council.
But look at this! He’s speaking in public, and no one is saying anything to him! Can it be that the rulers really know that this man is the Messiah?
This crowd is cursed because it doesn’t know Moses’ Teachings.”
One of those Pharisees was Nicodemus, who had previously visited Jesus. Nicodemus asked them,
God’s word continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem grew very large. A large number of priests accepted the faith.
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the persuasive speaker of our time? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense?
Not one of the rulers of this world has known it. If they had, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
