Now when they observed the fearless confidence of Peter and John, and it grasped them that they were uneducated, ordinary humans, they marveled, and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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,
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.
They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the way of God in truth. You are not concerned about anyone because you don’t focus on the face of humans.
Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.