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Selected Verse: John 7:51 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 7:51 |
Strong Concordance |
Doth [2919] our [2257] law [3551] judge [2919] [3361] any man [444], before [4386] [3362] it hear [191] [3844] him [846], and [2532] know [1097] what [5101] he doeth [4160]? |
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King James |
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Doth our law, &c.--a very proper, but all too tame rejoinder, and evidently more from pressure of conscience than any design to pronounce positively in the case. "The feebleness of his defense of Jesus has a strong contrast in the fierceness of the rejoinders of the Pharisees" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Doth our law ... - The law required justice to be done, and gave every man the right to claim a fair and impartial trial, Lev 19:15-16; Exo 23:1-2; Deu 19:15, Deu 19:18. Their condemnation of Jesus was a violation of every rule of right. He was not arraigned; he was not heard in self-defense, and not a single witness was adduced. Nicodemus demanded that justice should be done, and that he should, not be condemned until he had had a fair trial. Every man should be presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty. This is a maxim of law, and a most just and proper precept in our judgments in private life. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Any man (τὸν ἄνθρωπον)
Literally, the man, whoever he may be, that comes before them.
Before it hear him (ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ)
Rev., more correctly, except it first hear. Hear him, is an inadequate rendering of παρ' αὐτοῦ, which is, as Rev., from himself; παρά, implying from beside, i.e., from his side of the case. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Doth our law judge any man - Τον ανθρωπον, the man, i.e. who is accused. Perhaps Nicodemus did not refer so much to any thing in the law of Moses, as to what was commonly practiced among them. Josephus says, Ant. b. xiv. c. 9. s. 3, That the law has forbidden any man to be put to death, though wicked, unless he be first condemned to die by the Sanhedrin. It was probably to this law, which is not expressly mentioned in the five books of Moses, that Nicodemus here alludes. See laws relative to this point, Deu 17:8, etc.; Deu 19:15. |
18 And the judges [08199] shall make diligent [03190] inquisition [01875]: and, behold, if the witness [05707] be a false [08267] witness [05707], and hath testified [06030] falsely [08267] against his brother [0251];
15 One [0259] witness [05707] shall not rise up [06965] against a man [0376] for any iniquity [05771], or for any sin [02403], in any sin [02399] that he sinneth [02398]: at the mouth [06310] of two [08147] witnesses [05707], or at the mouth [06310] of three [07969] witnesses [05707], shall the matter [01697] be established [06965].
1 Thou shalt not raise [05375] a false [07723] report [08088]: put [07896] not thine hand [03027] with the wicked [07563] to be an unrighteous [02555] witness [05707].
2 Thou shalt not follow [0310] a multitude [07227] to do evil [07451]; neither shalt thou speak [06030] in a cause [07379] to decline [05186] after [0310] many [07227] to wrest [05186] judgment:
15 Ye shall do [06213] no unrighteousness [05766] in judgment [04941]: thou shalt not respect [05375] the person [06440] of the poor [01800], nor honour [01921] the person [06440] of the mighty [01419]: but in righteousness [06664] shalt thou judge [08199] thy neighbour [05997].
16 Thou shalt not go [03212] up and down as a talebearer [07400] among thy people [05971]: neither shalt thou stand [05975] against the blood [01818] of thy neighbour [07453]: I am the LORD [03068].
15 One [0259] witness [05707] shall not rise up [06965] against a man [0376] for any iniquity [05771], or for any sin [02403], in any sin [02399] that he sinneth [02398]: at the mouth [06310] of two [08147] witnesses [05707], or at the mouth [06310] of three [07969] witnesses [05707], shall the matter [01697] be established [06965].
8 If there arise a matter [01697] too hard [06381] for thee in judgment [04941], between blood [01818] and blood [01818], between plea [01779] and plea [01779], and between stroke [05061] and stroke [05061], being matters [01697] of controversy [07379] within thy gates [08179]: then shalt thou arise [06965], and get thee up [05927] into the place [04725] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall choose [0977];