John 7:46-53

46 The ¹officers answered, "²Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks."

47 The Pharisees then answered them, "³You have not also been led astray, have you?

48 "⁴No one of ⁵the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

49 "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."

50 ⁶Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them,

51 "⁷Our Law does not judge a man unless * it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"

52 They answered him, "⁸You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."

53 [Everyone went to his home.

Cross References

• 1. John 7:32
• 2. Matthew 7:28
• 3. John 7:12
• 4. John 12:42
• 5. Luke 23:13; John 7:26
• 6. John 3:1; John 19:39
• 7. Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15; Proverbs 18:13; Acts 23:3
• 8. John 1:46; John 7:41

Footnotes

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