John 7:48

Debate Over Jesus' Claims

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees responded to them: “Are you fooled too? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

Believed in Him

Who Believes in Him

John

No

Pharisees

John 12:42

Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue.

John 7:26

Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities know He is the Messiah?

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.

Matthew 11:25

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

John 7:50

Nicodemus—the one who came to Him previously, being one of them—said to them,

Acts 6:7

So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

1 Corinthians 1:22-28

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,