John 7:52
They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet comes from Galilee.”
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51“Does our law judge a man before hearing from him and knowing what he does?”
53+ 7:53 The best ancient copies omit Jhn. 7:53-8:11 [Then everyone went to his own house.
Cross References
Genesis 19:9They said, “Stand back!” They also said, “This one came here to live as a foreigner, and now he has become our judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” They pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near to break down the door.
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah, came up, slapped Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh take to go from me to speak to you?”
Isaiah 9:1The gloom will be dispelled from her who was in anguish. 1 In an earlier time he humiliated 1 the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, 1 but in the later time he will make it glorious, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 1
John 1:46Nathaniel said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
John 9:34They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and you are teaching us?” Then they threw him out.
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 →