²⁶ And here he is, ^(A)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^(B)the authorities really know that this is the Christ?

⁷ for God gave us ^(A)a spirit not of fear but ^(B)of power and love and self-control.

⁸ Therefore ^(C)do not be ashamed of ^(D)the testimony about our Lord, nor of ^(E)me his prisoner, but ^(F)share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

^48 (A)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?

¹⁴ And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold ^(A)to speak the word^[a] without fear.

¹⁹ and ^(A)also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth ^(B)boldly to proclaim ^(C)the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I ^(D)am an ambassador ^(E)in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

^13 (A)Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

⁴² Nevertheless, ^(A)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(B)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(C)confess it, so that they would not be ^(D)put out of the synagogue;

⁴⁷ So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(A)gathered ^(B)the council and said, ^(C)“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^(D)the Romans will come and take away both our ^(E)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(F)Caiaphas, ^(G)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. ⁵⁰ Nor do you understand that ^(H)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹ He did not say this of his own accord, but ^(I)being high priest that year ^(J)he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵² and ^(K)not for the nation only, but also ^(L)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(M)made plans to put him to death.

²² (His parents said these things ^(A)because they feared the Jews, for ^(B)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should ^(C)confess Jesus^[a] to be Christ, ^(D)he was to be put out of the synagogue.)