John 7:45–8:1

⁴⁵When the temple guards returned, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?” 

⁴⁶The temple guards answered, “No human has ever spoken like this man.” 

⁴⁷The Pharisees asked the temple guards, “Have you been deceived too? ⁴⁸Has any ruler or any Pharisee believed in him? ⁴⁹This crowd is cursed because it doesn’t know Moses’ Teachings.” 

⁵⁰One of those Pharisees was Nicodemus, who had previously visited Jesus. Nicodemus asked them, ⁵¹“Do Moses’ Teachings enable us to judge a person without first hearing that person’s side of the story? We can’t judge a person without finding out what that person has done.” 

⁵²They asked Nicodemus, “Are you saying this because you’re from Galilee? Study ⸤the Scriptures⸥, and you’ll see that no prophet comes from Galilee.”^a

⁵³Then each of them went home. 

8TH CHAPTER

A Woman Caught in Adultery

¹Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.