John 7:45–8:1

⁴⁵The ^aofficers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”

⁴⁶The ^aofficers answered, “^bNever has a man spoken like this!”

⁴⁷The Pharisees then answered them, “^aHave you also been led astray?

⁴⁸“^aHave any of ^bthe rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

⁴⁹“But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”

^50aNicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, ^*said to them,

⁵¹“^aDoes our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?”

⁵²They answered him, “^aAre you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”

⁵³¹[Everyone went to his home.

CHAPTER 8

An Adulteress Forgiven

¹But Jesus went to ^athe Mount of Olives.