John 7:51

New English Translation

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

Cross References

Exodus 23:1

“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 18:13

The one who gives an answer before he listens – that is his folly and his shame.

Numbers 35:30

“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses; but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”

Deuteronomy 1:17

They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Deuteronomy 17:6

At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.