John 7:51

John 7:51 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
• New International Version (NIV)“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

Context of John 7:51

49No, but this mob that doesn’t know the Torah—they are cursed!” 50Nicodemus, the one who had come to Yeshua before and was one of them, said to them, “Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?” 52They answered him, “You aren’t from the Galilee too, are you? Search, and see that no prophet comes out of the Galilee!” 53Then everyone went to his own house.

John 7:51 word by word

μὴ ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτον παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ γνῷ τί ποιεῖ;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·μήmē · notG3361
• Dothκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• lawὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• beforeἐάνean · ifG1437
• beforeπρότερονproteron · previouslyG4386
• it hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• ·παράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• he doethποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160

Cross-references for John 7:51

• Deuteronomy 1:17You must not show partiality in judgment —you must hear the small and the great alike. Fear no man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it.’
• Deuteronomy 17:8“Suppose a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—over bloodshed, legal claims or assault—matters of controversy within your gates. Then you should go up to the place Adonai your God chooses,
• Deuteronomy 19:15A single witness shall not rise up against a person for any offense or sin that he commits. By the word of two or three witnesses is a case to be established.
• Proverbs 18:13One who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.

Commentaries on John 7:51

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51Doth our law judge any man - , the man, i.e. who is accused. Perhaps Nicodemus did not refer so much to any thing in the law of Moses, as to what was commonly practiced among them. Josephus says, Ant. b. xiv. c. 9. s. 3, That the law has forbidden any man to be put to death, though wicked, unless he be first condemned to die by the Sanhedrin. It was probably to this law, which is not expressly mentioned in the five books of Moses, that Nicodemus here…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-53Verses 40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swayed by outward motives in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-51Nicodemus was likely starting to believe in Jesus (see 3:1–21; 19:38–42). Some leaders claimed that none of the Pharisees believed in Jesus (7:48). They spoke as if only the crowd, whom the leaders believed did not understand the law, supported him. However, Nicodemus shows that this was not completely true. Not only the people in the crowd, but also some Pharisees were beginning to believe in him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 50-5350-53. Nicodemus--reappearing to us after nearly three years' absence from the history, as a member of the council, probably then sitting.Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:51

• Jesus, the Christ
• Justice
• Nicodemus
• Self-Defense
• Trial

In the dictionaries

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• Law in the New Testament
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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings