John 7:48

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John 7:46–50 · Berean Standard Bible

46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

47 “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

49 But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

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Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

John 7:50

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

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Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 5:5

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At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

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1 Corinthians 1:20

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1 Corinthians 1:22

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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

1 Corinthians 1:28

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

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None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.