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John 7:50

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48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

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, and know what he doeth?

52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
KJV
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
WEB
Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
ASV
Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
DARBY
Nicodemus says to them (being one of themselves),
BLB
Nicodemus, the one having come to Him before, being one of them, says to them,
ÅB
Nikodemus, han som før engang var kommet til ham, og som var en av dem, sier til dem:
OTB
Nikodemus, som tidligere hadde gått til Jesus og som var en av deres egne, sa til dem:
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Nikodemus, han som før engang var kommet til ham, og som var en av dem, sier til dem:

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  • John 19:39

    And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

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  • John 3:1–2

    There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

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