John 12:42

Trembling before man brings a snare, But he who trusts in Yahweh will be set securely on high.

Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am anxious because of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldeans, lest they give me over into their hand and they deal severely with me.”

And Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for fear of the Jews.

But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than this man did?”

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

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.