John 7:45–8:1

DEBATE OVER JESUS’S CLAIMS

⁴⁵Then the servants^ay came to the chief priests^az and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

⁴⁶The servants answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”^Aba

⁴⁷Then the Pharisees responded to them, “Are you fooled^bb too? ⁴⁸Have any of the rulers^bc or Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed.”

⁵⁰Nicodemus^bd—the one who came to him previously and who was one of them—said to them, ⁵¹“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”^a

⁵²“You aren’t from Galilee^b too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”^c

[⁵³Then each one went to his house. 8But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.^d