Confessing the Savior

³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them. ³⁷But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, ³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?" ³⁹Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: ⁴⁰"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." ⁴¹These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. ⁴²Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; ⁴³for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

^٣٦مَا دَامَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّورُ آمِنُوا بِٱلنُّورِ لِتَصِيرُوا أَبْنَاءَ ٱلنُّورِ». تَكَلَّمَ يَسُوعُ بِهَذَا ثُمَّ مَضَى وَٱخْتَفَى عَنْهُمْ. ^٣٧ وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ صَنَعَ أَمَامَهُمْ آيَاتٍ هَذَا عَدَدُهَا، لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ، ^٣٨لِيَتِمَّ قَوْلُ إِشَعْيَاءَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلَّذي قَالَهُ: «يَارَبُّ، مَنْ صَدَّقَ خَبَرَنَا؟ وَلِمَنِ ٱسْتُعْلِنَتْ ذِرَاعُ ٱلرَّبِّ؟». ^٣٩لِهَذَا لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا. لِأَنَّ إِشَعْيَاءَ قَالَ أَيْضًا: ^٤٠«قَدْ أَعْمَى عُيُونَهُمْ، وَأَغْلَظَ قُلُوبَهُمْ، لِئَلَّا يُبْصِرُوا بِعُيُونِهِمْ، وَيَشْعُرُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ، وَيَرْجِعُوا فَأَشْفِيَهُمْ». ^٤١قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ هَذَا حِينَ رَأَى مَجْدَهُ وَتَكَلَّمَ عَنْهُ. ^٤٢وَلَكِنْ مَعَ ذَلِكَ آمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ أَيْضًا، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ لِسَبَبِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ لَمْ يَعْتَرِفُوا بِهِ، لِئَلَّا يَصِيرُوا خَارِجَ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ، ^٤٣لِأَنَّهُمْ أَحَبُّوا مَجْدَ ٱلنَّاسِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَجْدِ ٱللهِ.