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48 “Is there a single one of us Jewish rulers or Pharisees who believes he is the Messiah? 49 These stupid crowds do, yes; but what do they know about it? A curse upon them anyway!”[a]

50 Then Nicodemus spoke up. (Remember him? He was the Jewish leader who came secretly to interview Jesus.) 51 “Is it legal to convict a man before he is even tried?” he asked.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:49 A curse upon them anyway, literally, “This multitude is accursed.”

48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(A) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus,(B) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

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