John 7:49
But this people, who know not the law, are accursed.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
In Context
48Have any of the chiefs, or of the Pharisees, believed in him?
50One of them: Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by night, said to them:
Cross References
John 9:34They replied, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they expelled him.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? Or where is the scribe? Or where is the disputant of this world? Lo, hath not God showed, that the wisdom of this world is folly?
James 3:13Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show his works in praiseworthy actions, with modest 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 →