John 7:51 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

⁵¹Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

John 7:51 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← John 7:50 John 7:52 →

Original word meaning

— of 12

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 19:15-19
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. …
Acts 23:3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
Deuteronomy 17:6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Topics

Adjudication at Law Citizens Compromise Court Equity (fairness)Government Injustice Integrity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 45-53)

The chief priests and Pharisees are here in a close cabal, contriving how to suppress Christ; though this was the great day of the feast, they attended not the religious services of the day, but left them to the vulgar, to whom it was common for those great ecclesiastics to consign and turn over the business of devotion, while they thought themselves better employed in the affairs of church-policy…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 51)

50-53. Nicodemus--reappearing to us after nearly three years’ absence from the history, as a member of the council, probably then sitting.