John 9:22

Tree of Life Version

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Judean leaders. For the Judean leaders had already agreed that anyone who professed Yeshua to be Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:25

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but one who trusts in Adonai will be kept safe.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, I am the One who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear man, who dies, or a son of man, who is given up like grass?”

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to Me, you who know justice, a people with My Torah in their heart: Do not fear the taunt of men, nor be dismayed at their insults.

Isaiah 57:11

“Whom was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied. But you did not remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent a long time— yet you do not fear Me?

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

John 1:19

This is John’s testimony, when the Judean leaders sent kohanim and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 16:2

They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

John 19:38

After these things, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate if he could take Yeshua’s body away. Joseph was a disciple of Yeshua, but secretly for fear of the Judean leaders. Pilate gave permission, so Joseph came and took the body away.

John 20:19

It was evening on that day, the first of the week. When the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Judean leaders, Yeshua came and stood in their midst! And He said to them, “Shalom aleichem!”

John 7:13

Yet no one spoke openly about Him for fear of the Judean leaders.

John 9:18

So the Judean leaders didn’t believe that he had been blind and received his sight until they called his parents.

John 9:21

We don’t know how he now sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him—he’s old enough. He will speak for himself.”

John 9:34

They replied to him, “You were born completely in sin, and you’re teaching us?” And they threw him out.

John 9:35

Yeshua heard that they had thrown him out. Finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

Acts 4:18

So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Yeshua.

Acts 5:13

But no one else dared to join them, though the people continued to think highly of them.

Acts 5:40

called in the emissaries, flogged them, ordered them not to continue speaking in the name of Yeshua, and let them go.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”