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John 7:50 KJV
John · chapter 7 · verse 50
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)John 7:50 · King James Version
John 7:50 in context
48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
51Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
52They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NicodemusnikodēmosNicodemus = "conqueror", a member of the Sanhedrin who took the part of JesusG3530 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- Jesusautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- nightnyxnight, metaph. the time when work ceases, the time of death, the time for deeds of sin…G3571 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 45-53