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
New King James Version
Rejected by the Authorities
45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
46 The officers answered, (A)“No man ever spoke like this Man!”
47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus (B)(he who came to [a]Jesus [b]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (C)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
52 They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for (D)no prophet [c]has arisen out of Galilee.”
An Adulteress Faces the Light of the World
53 [d]And everyone went to his own house.
Jesus the Light of the World
8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
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