Translations
His parents said this because they feared the Jewish authorities, who had already decreed that anyone who acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
His parents said these things because they feared the Yehudim — for the Yehudim had already agreed that if anyone confessed him as the Messiah, they would be expelled from the beit-knesset.
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

