John 7:50-53
New King James Version
50 Nicodemus (A)(he who came to [a]Jesus [b]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (B)“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 (C)no prophet [c]has arisen out of Galilee.”
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53 [d]And everyone went to his own house.
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John 7:50-53
King James Version
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And every man went unto his own house.
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John 7:50-53
English Standard Version
50 (A)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 (B)“Does our law judge a man without first (C)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, (D)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that (E)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,
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- 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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