John 7:51 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:45-53

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. They sat in the council-chamber, expecting Christ to be brought a prisoner to them, as they had... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:45-52

7:45-52 So the officers came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They said to them: "Why did you not bring him here?" The attendants answered: "Never did a man speak as he speaks." So the Pharisees answered: "Surely you too have not been led astray? Has anyone from the authorities believed in him? Or anyone from the Pharisees? They have not; but the mob which is ignorant of the law and which is accursed believes in him!" Nicodemus (the man who came to him before) said to them, for he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:51

Doth our law judge any man ,.... Or condemn any man; or can any man be lawfully condemned: before it hear him : what he has to say for himself; is this the usual process in our courts? or is this a legal one to condemn a man unheard? and know what he doth ? what his crimes are. This he said, having a secret respect for Christ, though he had not courage enough openly to appear for him. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:51

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:1-53

John 7:1-53 . consists of three distinct parts: Verses 7:1-8:11 3. Christ as the Source of truth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:40-53

(7) The conflict among the hearers, and divers results of this series of discourses. The Sanhedrin and its officers. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:45-52

The meeting of the Sanhedrin. The position of the official guides of the people was becoming every hour more gravely compromised by the movement in favour of Jesus. I. THE EXTRAORDINARY REPORT OF THE OFFICERS TO THE SANHEDRIN . "Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this Man." 1 . This report was delivered on the holy sabbath. The exigency of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:50-51

They were hardly prepared for what followed; for one of their own order, one of their "rulers," "the teacher of Israel," a chief among the Pharisees, opens his lips to speak to them, and to call for a halt in their rash proceedings. He did not go far, but he directed attention to a fundamental principle of that very "Law" which the Pharisaic party were ignoring. Nicodemus saith to them (he who came to him formerly, although being one of them). £ The parenthesis shows the author's... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:51

Doth our law ... - The law required justice to be done, and gave every man the right to claim a fair and impartial trial, Leviticus 19:15-16; Exodus 23:1-2; Deuteronomy 19:15, Deuteronomy 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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 7:50-53

John 7:50-53. Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by night Having now got a little more courage; being one of them Being present, as a member of the great council, saith to them, Doth our law judge ( κρινει , condemn) any man before it hear him Before the magistrate, appointed to execute it, summon him into his presence, that he may hear from him what he has to say in his own defence; and know what he doeth Namely, from credible witnesses? As if he had said, Do not we ourselves act as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 7:45-53

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 7:45-52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:51

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:51

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:1-53

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:40-53

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:45-52

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:50-51

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:51

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 7:50-53

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