Consider what the apostle John wrote concerning certain ones in authority in Jesus ’ day: “Many even of the rulers actually put faith in [Jesus], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess him, in order not to be expelled from the synagogue; for they loved the glory of men more than even the glory of God. ”
كَتَبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يُوحَنَّا عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ ٱلسُّلْطَةِ أَيَّامَ يَسُوعَ :‏ « إِنَّ كَثِيرِينَ حَتَّى مِنَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ آمَنُوا بِهِ ،‏ وَلٰكِنَّهُمْ بِسَبَبِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ لَمْ يَعْتَرِفُوا بِهِ ،‏ لِئَلَّا يُطْرَدُوا مِنَ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ .‏