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Some Leaders Won’t Believe

45 [L Therefore] The Temple ·guards [police; officers] went back to the ·leading [T chief] priests and the Pharisees, who asked, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?”

46 The ·guards [police; officers] answered, “·The words he says are greater than the words of any other person who has ever spoken [L No one has ever spoken like this]!”

47 [L Therefore] The Pharisees answered them, “So Jesus has ·fooled [deceived; led astray] you also! 48 Have any of the ·leaders [rulers; authorities] or the Pharisees believed in him? No! 49 But ·these people [L this crowd], who know nothing about the law, are ·under God’s curse [accursed].”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to see Jesus before [see 3:1–21], was in that group. He said, 51 “·Our law does not [L Does our law…?] judge a person without hearing him and knowing what he has done.”

52 They answered, “Are you from Galilee, too? ·Study the Scriptures, and you will learn [L Search and see] that no prophet comes from Galilee.”


Some of the earliest surviving Greek copies do not contain 7:53—8:11.

|53 And everyone left and went home.

The Woman Caught in Adultery

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives [C east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley].

45 Then oun the ho temple guards hypēretēs went erchomai back to pros the ho chief archiereus priests and kai Pharisees Pharisaios, · kai who ekeinos said legō to them autos, “ Why dia tis did you not ou bring agō him autos?” 46 The ho guards hypēretēs answered apokrinomai, “ Never oudepote has a man spoken laleō like houtōs this man anthrōpos!” 47 The ho Pharisees Pharisaios responded apokrinomai to them autos, “ Surely you hymeis have planaō not been deceived planaō as kai well , have you ? 48 None mē tis of ek the ho rulers archōn or ē the ho Pharisees Pharisaios have believed pisteuō in eis him autos, have they? 49 As alla for · ho this houtos mob ochlos that ho does not know ginōskō the ho law nomos they are eimi accursed eparatos!” 50 Nicodemus Nikodēmos ( he ho who had earlier proteros come erchomai to pros Jesus autos), · ho being eimi one heis of ek their autos number, put this question legō to pros them autos: 51  Surely our hēmeis law nomos does not · ho judge krinō a ho man anthrōpos unless ean mē it first prōton hears akouō from para him autos and kai finds ginōskō out what tis he is doing poieō, does it?” 52 They replied apokrinomai · kai to him autos, saying legō, “ You sy too kai are eimi not from ek · ho Galilee Galilaia, are you? Search eraunaō and kai you will see ide that hoti no ou prophet prophētēs will arise egeirō from ek · ho Galilee Galilaia.”

53 Then kai each one hekastos went poreuō to eis · ho his own autos house oikos, but de Jesus Iēsous went poreuō to eis the ho Mount oros of ho Olives elaia.