John 3:2
3:2 came to Jesus
at night
and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs
that you do unless God is with him.”
John 9:22
9:22 (His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders.
For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus
to be the Christ
would be put out
of the synagogue.
John 9:34
9:34 They replied,
“You were born completely in sinfulness,
and yet you presume to teach us?”
So they threw him out.
John 12:42-43
12:42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.
12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
John 19:38
Jesus’ Burial
19:38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.
John 20:19
Jesus’ Appearance to the Disciples
20:19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Proverbs 29:25
29:25 The fear of people becomes a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
Galatians 2:12-13
2:12 Until
certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this
and separated himself
because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.
2:13 And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them
by their hypocrisy.
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.
Galatians 2:9-13
2:9 and when James, Cephas,
and John, who had a reputation as
pillars,
recognized
the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me
the right hand of fellowship, agreeing
that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
2:10 They requested
only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.
Paul Rebukes Peter
2:11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.
2:12 Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.
2:13 And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy.
Revelation 2:13
2:13 ‘I know
where you live – where Satan’s throne is. Yet
you continue to cling
to my name and you have not denied your
faith in me,
even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,
who was killed in your city
where Satan lives.