John 7:45-8:1
Legacy Standard Bible
45 The (A)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The (B)officers answered, “(C)Never has a man spoken like this!” 47 The Pharisees then answered them, “(D)Have you also been led astray? 48 (E)Have any of (F)the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” 50 (G)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, *said to them, 51 “(H)Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” 52 They answered him, “(I)Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [a][Everyone went to his home.
An Adulteress Forgiven
8 But Jesus went to (J)the Mount of Olives.
Footnotes
- John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11
John 7:45-8:1
English Standard Version
45 (A)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, (B)“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, (C)“Have you also been deceived? 48 (D)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 (E)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (F)“Does our law judge a man without first (G)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (H)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (I)no prophet arises from Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][a]
The Woman Caught in Adultery
53 [[They went each to his own house, 8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
Footnotes
- John 7:53 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text
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