Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
At that time Jesus said, “I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to infants.
Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
Yet many of the rulers also believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they be put out of the synagogue.
There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Here He is, speaking publicly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers indeed know that this is really the Christ?
Not at all. This crowd who does not know the law is accursed.”
Nicodemus, being one of them who came to Jesus by night, said to them,
So the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples grew rapidly in Jerusalem, and a great number of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of this world foolish?
None of the rulers of this age knew it. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
