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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Debate over Jesus’ Claims
45 Then the temple police(A) came to the chief priests(B) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”
46 The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”[a](C)
47 Then the Pharisees responded to them: “Are you fooled(D) too? 48 Have any of the rulers(E) or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”
50 Nicodemus(F)—the one who came to Him previously, being one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”(G)
52 “You aren’t from Galilee(H) too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”[b](I)
[53 So each one went to his house. 8 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.(J)
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