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Text -- John 7:48-53 (NET)
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Context
7:48 None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him , have they?
7:49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed !”
7:50 Nicodemus , who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers , said ,
7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing , does it?”
7:52 They replied , “You aren’t from Galilee too , are you ? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee !”
A Woman Caught in Adultery
7:53 And each one departed to his own house .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Nicodemus |
GALILEE |
Feasts |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Pharisees |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Justice |
Scriptures |
Word of God |
Trial |
Self-defense |
WISDOM |
PEOPLE |
HARLOT |
CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE |
ADULTERY |
JESUS CHRIST, 2 |
OSTRACA |
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NET Notes: Joh 7:48 Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the ...
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NET Notes: Joh 7:49 Grk “crowd.” “Rabble” is a good translation here because the remark by the Pharisees is so derogatory.
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NET Notes: Joh 7:51 Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the ...
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NET Notes: Joh 7:52 This claim by the leaders presents some difficulty, because Jonah had been from Gath Hepher, in Galilee (2 Kgs 14:25). Also the Babylonian Talmud late...
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