John 7:45-52 45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” 46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied. 47 “You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”
The Pharisees was a Jewish sect that strictly followed the tradition and the rituals of the Old Testament law. The Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest the Lord Jesus, and the temple guards came back empty-handed. The Pharisees asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” The temple guards replied, “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” They heard the truth of Lord Jesus’ teaching, and they did not lay hand on him. The Pharisees said, “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? ” The Bible mentions that there were rulers and Pharisees believed in him. Nicodemus mentioned later was also a Pharisee, and he believed in the Lord Jesus. The Pharisees continued, “But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” The Pharisees thought that the people did not know the law, only they knew the law, the Pharisees were self-righteous. Nicodemus said, “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” Nicodemus once came to the Lord Jesus at night, and he saw the miracles the Lord Jesus performed, and he believed that he was a teacher sent by God, and the Lord Jesus told him about regeneration. Nicodemus was right, even the law of the civilized nation allows defendant to give deference. The Pharisees said: “Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee”. The Pharisees were wrong again. The Old Testament prophets Elijah, Jonah, and Nahum were all from Galilee. Even if the prophets didn’t come from Galilee, it does not mean that prophets will never come from Galilee. In fact the Lord Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but grew up in Galilee. The Pharisees condemned Jesus without investigation. I hope more people will come to know the Lord who loves the people in the world and can give new life to the people.
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