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45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you? 48 Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? 49 But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”

50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”See Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:13-16

53 Everyone went to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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]

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53 [[They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

Footnotes

  1. 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