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.
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.
They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and now dares to judge-judge. Now we will deal worse with you than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.
Likewise, y’all who are younger, be subject to the elders. All y’all should clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, indulging in the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like all the rest.
As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not satisfied with this, he not only refuses to receive the siblings, he also forbids those who want to and throws them out of the church!