Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
Ver. 42. Lest they should be put out, &c.] Which would redound to their disgrace, and this these ambitionists could not away with. But what saith a reverend divine? "Bravely contemn all contumelies and contempts for thy conscience, taking them as crowns, and confirmations of thy conformity to Christ."