50 Nicodemus,(A) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(B)


[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

53 Then they all went home,

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50 Nicodemus (A)(he who came to [a]Jesus [b]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (B)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

52 They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for (C)no prophet [c]has arisen out of Galilee.”

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53 [d]And everyone went to his own house.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:50 Lit. Him
  2. John 7:50 NU before
  3. John 7:52 NU is to rise
  4. John 7:53 NU brackets 7:53 through 8:11 as not in the original text. They are present in over 900 mss. of John.