51 (A)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52 They answered him, “(B)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [[a]Everyone went to his home.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11

51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(A)


[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

53 Then they all went home,

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