John 7:52

And Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip *said to him, “Come and see.”

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that bear witness about Me;

Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” Still others were saying, “No, for is the Christ going to come from Galilee?

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.