John 7:51
Surely, our law, doth not judge the man, unless it hear first from him, and get to know what he is doing?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
In Context
50Nicodemus saith unto them—he that came unto him formerly, being, one, from among them—
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17Ye shall not take note of faces in judgment—so the small as the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth,—but the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 17:8When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee—between blood and blood between plea and plea or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose;
Proverbs 18:13He that answereth before he heareth, a folly, it is to him, and, a reproach.
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 →