Then Paul said to the head priest, “God will hit you, you white-washed wall [i.e., you hypocrite]. Are you sitting in judgment over me according to the Law of Moses and [yet] do you order me to be hit contrary to that law?”
John 7:51 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “Does our law pass judgment on a man before first hearing from him and learning what he did?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Does our Law convict a man without giving him a hearing and finding out what he has done? American Standard Version (1901) Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth? Common English Bible “Our Law doesn’t judge someone without first hearing him and learning what he is doing, does it?” Catholic Public Domain Version "Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth? |
Then Paul said to the head priest, “God will hit you, you white-washed wall [i.e., you hypocrite]. Are you sitting in judgment over me according to the Law of Moses and [yet] do you order me to be hit contrary to that law?”