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John 7:51

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51“Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”*

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Footnotes

  1. *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does it”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?” he asked.

KJV 1900King James Version

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?