John 7:50-52

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!”

[7:50]  ¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:50]  ² tn Grk “who was one of them”; the referent (the rulers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:50]  ³ tn Grk “said to them.”

[7:51]  ⁴ tn Grk “judge.”

[7:51]  ⁵ tn Grk “knows.”

[7:51]  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?”).

[7:52]  ⁷ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

[7:52]  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?”).

[7:52]  ⁹ tc At least one early and important ms (Ì^66*) places the article before “prophet” (ὁ προφήτης, Jo profhths), making this a reference to the “prophet like Moses” mentioned in Deut 18:15.