7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus 1 before and who was one of the rulers, 2 said, 3 7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn 4 a man unless it first hears from him and learns 5 what he is doing, does it?” 6 7:52 They replied, 7 “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? 8 Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet 9 comes from Galilee!”
1 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Grk “who was one of them”; the referent (the rulers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “said to them.”
4 tn Grk “judge.”
5 tn Grk “knows.”
6 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does it?”).
7 tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”
8 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).
9 tc At least one early and important ms (Ì66*) places the article before “prophet” (ὁ προφήτης, Jo profhths), making this a reference to the “prophet like Moses” mentioned in Deut 18:15.