John 7:49
As for these people who do not know the Law – they are cursed!”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
In Context
48“Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
50But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them,
Cross References
John 9:34“You,” they retorted, “were born totally depraved; and are you trying to teach us?” So they expelled him.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the philosopher? Where the teacher of the Law? Where the disputant of today? Has not God shown the world’s philosophy to be folly?
James 3:13Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? They should show that their actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true wisdom.
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 →