John 7:45-51

Good News Translation

The Unbelief of the Jewish Authorities

⁴⁵ When the guards went back, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, “Why did you not bring him?”

⁴⁶ The guards answered, “Nobody has ever talked the way this man does!”

⁴⁷ “Did he fool you, too?” the Pharisees asked them. ⁴⁸ “Have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him? ⁴⁹ This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!”

^50 (A)One of the Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He said to the others, ⁵¹ “According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done.”