His parents said these things because they feared the Jewish leaders. For they had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
Don’t y’all be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, y’all should fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been butchered because of the Word of God, and because of the testimony they had of the Lamb.
Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they didn’t openly acknowledge it, so that they wouldn’t be excluded from the synagogue,
Hear the word of YHWH, y’all who tremble at ʜɪꜱ word: “Your* brothers who hate y’all, who cast y’all out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let YHWH be glorified, that we may see y’all’s joy;’ but it is those who will be disappointed.
But the hour is coming and is present, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be ʜɪꜱ worshipers.
“I have told y’all these things using figures of speech. But the time is coming when I won’t use figures of speech, but will tell y’all plainly about the Father.
Look! A time is coming and has already come, when y’all will be scattered, each to their own place, and y’all will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”