Johannes 7:51

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»Icke dömer väl vår lag någon, utan att man först har förhört honom och utrönt vad han förehar?»

Bible Verse Review
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Deuteronomy 1:17, Deuteronomy 17:8-11, Deuteronomy 19:15-19, Proverbs 18:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:2 - follow Deuteronomy 17:4 - inquired 1 Samuel 20:32 - Wherefore Ezra 10:16 - to examine the matter Psalms 94:16 - stand up Proverbs 31:8 - Open Zechariah 7:9 - Execute true judgment John 3:2 - came Acts 23:3 - smitten Acts 25:16 - and have Acts 25:27 - General Acts 26:1 - Thou

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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 to this point, Deuteronomy 17:8, c. Deuteronomy 19:15.