Lack of Belief

7:45 Then the officers121 returned122 to the chief priests and Pharisees,123 who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”124 7:46 The officers replied, “No one ever spoke like this man!” 7:47 Then the Pharisees answered,125 “You haven’t been deceived too, have you?126 7:48 None of the rulers127 or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?128 7:49 But this rabble129 who do not know the law are accursed!”

7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus130 before and who was one of the rulers,131 said,132 7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn133 a man unless it first hears from him and learns134 what he is doing, does it?”135 7:52 They replied,136 “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you?137 Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet138 comes from Galilee!”