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John 7:51

Justice

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,)

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.

53 And every man went unto his own house.

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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.

Compare

BSB
“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
KJV
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
WEB
“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
ASV
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
DARBY
Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?
BLB
“Does our law judge the man unless it should first hear from him and know what he does?”
ÅB
Vår lov dømmer da vel ikke noen uten at de først har hørt ham og fått vite hva han har gjort?
OTB
«Fordømmer vår lov en mann uten først å høre ham og finne ut hva han har gjort?»
B1930
Vår lov dømmer da vel ikke nogen uten at de først har hørt ham og fått vite hvad han har gjort?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 18:13

    He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:17

    Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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  • Acts 23:3

    Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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  • Deuteronomy 19:15–19

    One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:8–11

    If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

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  • Deuteronomy 17:6

    At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

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