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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 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 in this way!” 47 The Pharisees then replied to them, “(D)You have not been led astray too, have you? 48 (E)Not one of (F)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49 But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” 50 (G)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, 51 (H)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52 They answered and said to him, “(I)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53 [[[a]And everyone went to his home.

The Adulterous Woman

But Jesus went to (J)the Mount of Olives.

Footnotes

  1. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11