Joh 12:42, Act 6:7, 1Cor 1:20, 26, 2:8 | ISV | STEP | Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it for fear that they would be thrown out of the synagogue.

John 12:42

42 Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it for fear that they would be thrown out of the synagogue.John 7:13; 9:22

Acts 6:7

7 So the word of God ^{▼▼Other mss. read of the Lord} continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.John 12:42; Acts 12:24; 19:20; Col 1:6

1 Corinthians 1:20

20 Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? God has turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense, hasn't he?Job 12:17, 20, 24; Isa 33:18; 44:25; Rom 1:22

1 Corinthians 1:26

26 Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, ^{▼▼Lit. according to the flesh} not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.John 7:48

1 Corinthians 2:8

8 None of the rulers of this world understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.Matt 11:25; Luke 23:34; John 7:48; 16:3; Acts 3:17; 13:27; 2Cor 3:14