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45 When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
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Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.
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“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
47 “Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.
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“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.
48 “Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
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“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
49 This foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. God’s curse is on them!”
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No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50 Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up.
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Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,
51 “Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?” he asked.
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“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no prophet ever comes from Galilee!”
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They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”
53 Then the meeting broke up, and everybody went home.
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Then they all went home,
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