John 7:51

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

In Context

50Nicodemus says to them (being one of themselves),

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

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

Deuteronomy 17:8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.

Proverbs 18:13He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.

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 →

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