 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - Bible - 1825 - 478 pages
...him: but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, * Acts, ii. 1. f Ib. ii. 4 1 . j Verse 4. lest they should be put out of the synagogue, for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God." Persons such as these might admit the miracles of Christ, without being immediately... | |
 | John Hewlett - Sermons, English - 1825 - 516 pages
...conviction, and seemed to stifle the voice of conscience ; for we find, that " many who believed on him did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue :" but the splendor of the holy Gospel soon broke through the clouds of prejudice, and the darkness... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1825 - 588 pages
...on hearing our Saviour's discourses, ninny among the chief rulers of the Jews, inwardly believed on him, but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest tliey should be put out of the synagogue. For they loved the praise of men, more than the praise of... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1826 - 590 pages
...of our Saviour, mentioned in John, xii, 4", 43. — "Among the chief rulers also, many believed on him : but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess...: For they loved the praise of men, more than the praise of God." There are many men of talents and learning, who read and approve the works of Hopkins... | |
 | Robert Wilson (A.M.) - Election (Doctrine of)s - 1826 - 236 pages
...of the chapter, (ver. 42, 43.) we read, " Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess...synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Further, we have reason to believe, that many of those, in our Lord's day, concerning... | |
 | William Paley - Apologetics - 1826 - 448 pages
...gospel, li nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the 1'hcrisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put...synagogue : for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God." Persons such as these, might admit the miracles of Christ, without being immediately... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 656 pages
...Christ, being some way convinced of the truth of his doctrine, yet would they not confess him, because ' they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God ;' John xii. 42, 43. By the reigning power of this one sin of ambitious hypocrisy, most of them were kept off from any assent... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...when he saw his glory, and spake of him. Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess...synagogue ; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Jesus cried and said ; He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 546 pages
...words in the last quoted text are these : " Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on him, but because of the pharisees, they did not confess...him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue." This text is no ways to our author's purpose. The rulers here mentioned by St. John probably were members... | |
 | Gerard Thomas Noel - Sermons - 1827 - 604 pages
...TO CONFESS CHRIST BEFORE THE WORLD. " Among the chief rulers also," we are told, " many believed on him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess...him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue." The body of the nation, as we have already remarked, had rejected his claims. They had evinced an increasing... | |
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Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue : for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. 
