These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

Ταυτα ειπον οι γονεις αυτου, διοτι εφοβουντο τους Ιουδαιους· επειδη ηδη ειχον συμφωνησει οι Ιουδαιοι, εαν τις ομολογηση αυτον Χριστον, να γεινη αποσυναγωγος.

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.