22 Questo dissero il padre, e la madre d’esso; perciocchè temevano i Giudei; poichè i Giudei avevano già costituito che se alcuno lo riconosceva il Cristo, fosse sbandito dalla sinagoga.
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His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
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