John 7:53

53 And every one went to his home.

John 7:53 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:53

And every man went unto his own house.
] The officers not bringing Jesus with them, and the sanhedrim being posed with Nicodemus, broke up without doing any business, and every member of it went home: this we may suppose was about the time of the evening sacrifice: for

``the great sanhedrim sat from the time of the morning daily sacrifice, to the time of the evening daily sacrifice ^F2:''

and it is said ^F3, that

``after the evening daily sacrifice, the sanhedrim went, (Mtybl) , "to their own houses";''

as they now did, and not to their booths, the feast of tabernacles being now over.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Maimon. Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 3. sect. 1.
F3 Piske Tosephot Sanhedrin, art. 35.

John 7:53 In-Context

51 Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

52 They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee.

53 And every one went to his home.