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Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does?
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Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches in jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles
And in the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. Then the Jews wondered, saying, How does this man know letters, not having learned? Then Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine but his that sent me. read more.
If any one will do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it is from God or whether I speak from myself. He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, this [man] is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law? and no one of you performs the law. Why do you seek to kill me? The multitude answered, You have a demon; who seeks to kill you? Jesus answered and said to them, I performed one work and you all wonder. Moses gave you circumcision, not that it is of Moses but of the fathers, and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man entirely sound on the sabbath? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge a righteous judgment. Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? And behold, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers at length learned that this is the Christ? But we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is. Then Jesus cried, teaching in the temple and saying, You both know me and know whence I am; and I have not come of myself; but he that sent me is true, whom you know not; I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. Then they sought to take him by force; but no man laid a hand on him, for his hour had not yet come. And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Christ comes will he perform more miracles than this man has performed? The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things concerning him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take him by force. Then Jesus said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go to him that sent me. You shall seek and shall not find, and where I am you cannot come. Then the Jews said one to another, Where is this man about to go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersion of the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? What does the word which he said mean; You shall seek and shall not find me, and where I am you cannot come? And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He that believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of him shall flow rivers of living water. But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified. Then some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet; others said, This is the Christ; others said, [No]; for does the Christ come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? Then there was a division among the multitude on his account; and some of them wished to take him by force, but no one laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have you not brought him? The officers answered, A man never spoke thus. The Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? But this multitude which know not the law are accursed. Nicodemus, he that came to him, being one of them, said to them, Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does? They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? search and see; for no prophet is raised up from Galilee. [An early interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went to his own house;
If any one will do his will, he shall know of the teaching whether it is from God or whether I speak from myself. He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, this [man] is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law? and no one of you performs the law. Why do you seek to kill me? The multitude answered, You have a demon; who seeks to kill you? Jesus answered and said to them, I performed one work and you all wonder. Moses gave you circumcision, not that it is of Moses but of the fathers, and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man entirely sound on the sabbath? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge a righteous judgment. Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill? And behold, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers at length learned that this is the Christ? But we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is. Then Jesus cried, teaching in the temple and saying, You both know me and know whence I am; and I have not come of myself; but he that sent me is true, whom you know not; I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. Then they sought to take him by force; but no man laid a hand on him, for his hour had not yet come. And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Christ comes will he perform more miracles than this man has performed? The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things concerning him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take him by force. Then Jesus said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go to him that sent me. You shall seek and shall not find, and where I am you cannot come. Then the Jews said one to another, Where is this man about to go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersion of the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? What does the word which he said mean; You shall seek and shall not find me, and where I am you cannot come? And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He that believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of him shall flow rivers of living water. But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified. Then some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet; others said, This is the Christ; others said, [No]; for does the Christ come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? Then there was a division among the multitude on his account; and some of them wished to take him by force, but no one laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have you not brought him? The officers answered, A man never spoke thus. The Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? But this multitude which know not the law are accursed. Nicodemus, he that came to him, being one of them, said to them, Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does? They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? search and see; for no prophet is raised up from Galilee. [An early interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went to his own house;
Nicodemus » Becomes a disciple of jesus
And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with him. Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. read more.
Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born? Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is a spirit. Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again. The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things?
Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born? Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is a spirit. Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again. The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things?
Nicodemus, he that came to him, being one of them, said to them, Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does? They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? search and see; for no prophet is raised up from Galilee. read more.
[An early interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went to his own house;
[An early interpolation, but probably true]. And every man went to his own house;
Nicodemus » Fair-minded
Nicodemus, he that came to him, being one of them, said to them, Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does?
Self-defense » Accused persons heard in
Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does?
Verse Concepts
And the procurator making a sign to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I shall defend myself cheerfully, you being able to know that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem. And they did not find me in the temple disputing with any one, or making a disturbance of the multitude, neither in the synagogues nor in the city; read more.
neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. But this I confess to you, that in the way which they call a heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers; believing all things written in the law and the prophets, having a hope in God which they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and wicked. And in this also I endeavor always to have a conscience without offense towards God and man. But after many years I came to bring charities and offerings to my nation, in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with a tumult, who ought to be present and accuse me before you, if they have any thing against me. Or let them say whether they found any unrighteousness in me when I stood before the Sanhedrim, except in this one statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am under trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead.
neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. But this I confess to you, that in the way which they call a heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers; believing all things written in the law and the prophets, having a hope in God which they also hold, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and wicked. And in this also I endeavor always to have a conscience without offense towards God and man. But after many years I came to bring charities and offerings to my nation, in which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with a tumult, who ought to be present and accuse me before you, if they have any thing against me. Or let them say whether they found any unrighteousness in me when I stood before the Sanhedrim, except in this one statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am under trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead.
And Jesus stood before the procurator; and the procurator asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, As you say. And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing. Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you? read more.
And he answered him not a word; so that the procurator wondered greatly.
And he answered him not a word; so that the procurator wondered greatly.
And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And he answered and said to him, As you say.
Verse Concepts
And Pilate asked him, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus answered and said to him, As you say. And the chief priests accused him of many things. And Pilate again asked him saying, Do you answer nothing? see how many things they charge against you. read more.
And Jesus answered him not any more; so that Pilate wondered.
And Jesus answered him not any more; so that Pilate wondered.
And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do? And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call. read more.
And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.
Trial » The right of
Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he does?
Verse Concepts
But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out. And the lictors told these words to the prefects, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans; and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city.
But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned? And the centurion hearing this, went and told the chiliarch, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman. And the chiliarch came to him and said, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes. read more.
And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one]. Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. AND on the next day, wishing to know the truth in respect to what he was accused of by the Jews, [the chiliarch] released him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim to come together; and bringing Paul down he set him before them.
And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one]. Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. AND on the next day, wishing to know the truth in respect to what he was accused of by the Jews, [the chiliarch] released him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrim to come together; and bringing Paul down he set him before them.