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

官长或是法利赛人岂有信他的呢？

难道官长或法利赛人中有信他的吗？

难道官长或法利赛人中有信他的吗？

哪有官长和法利赛人信祂呢？

官长或法利赛人中间有谁是信他的呢？

难道首领或法利赛人中有信他的吗？

官長或是法利賽人豈有信他的呢？

難道官長或法利賽人中有信他的嗎？

難道官長或法利賽人中有信他的嗎？

哪有官長和法利賽人信祂呢？

官長或法利賽人中間有誰是信他的呢？

難道議員們或法利賽人中也有信他的？

難道首領或法利賽人中有信他的嗎？

有司與法利賽人、有信之者乎、

有司與𠵽唎㘔人、有信之者乎、

有司及法利賽人、有信之者乎、

夫薦紳先生、及法利塞人有信之者乎？

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

Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?

“ Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?

Not one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

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

Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

At the same time that Jesus did those signs, many of the Jewish leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, they would not openly admit they believed. They were afraid they would be thrown out of the synagogue.

Here he is! He is speaking openly. They aren’t saying a word to him. Have the authorities really decided that he is the Messiah?

None of the rulers of this world understood God’s wisdom. If they had, they would not have nailed the Lord of glory to the cross.

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father. You are Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from wise and educated people. But you have shown them to little children.

So God’s word spread. The number of believers in Jerusalem grew quickly. Also, a large number of priests began to obey Jesus’ teachings.

Then Nicodemus, a Pharisee, spoke. He was the one who had gone to Jesus earlier. He asked,

Jews require signs. Greeks look for wisdom.But we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That is very hard for Jews to accept. And everyone else thinks it’s foolish.But there are those God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks. To them Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.The foolish things of God are wiser than human wisdom. The weakness of God is stronger than human strength.Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when God chose you. Not many of you were considered wise by human standards. Not many of you were powerful. Not many of you belonged to important families.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.God chose the things of this world that are common and looked down on. God chose things considered unimportant to do away with things considered important.

I thought,“ The people of Jerusalem are foolish. They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live. They don’t know what their God requires of them.So I will go to the leaders. I’ll speak to them. They should know how the Lord wants them to live. They must know what their God requires of them.” But all of them had broken off the yoke the Lord had put on them. They had torn off the ropes he had tied them up with.