John 7:52
They answered and said to him, Are thou also from Galilee? Search and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
51Does our law judge a man, unless it first may hear from himself and know what he does?
53And each man went to his house.
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will be a judge. Now we will deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the doo
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?
Isaiah 9:1But there shall be no gloom to her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jord
John 1:46And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
John 9:34They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us. And they cast him outside.
Matthew Henry on John 7:46-53
The Officers' Testimony of Christ. 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 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,… Read the whole commentary →