²² His parents said this because they ^(A)were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews ^(B)had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be ^[a]Christ, ^(C)he was to be put out of the synagogue.

^2 [a]They will ^(A)make you outcasts from the synagogue, but ^(B)an hour is coming for everyone ^(C)who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.