John 7:51

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”

Cross References

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Proverbs 18:13

If one gives answer before hearing, it is folly and shame.

Numbers 35:30

“If anyone kills another, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses, but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of a single witness.

Acts 23:3

At this Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law you order me to be struck?”

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Deuteronomy 17:6

On the evidence of two or three witnesses the death sentence shall be executed; a person must not be put to death on the evidence of only one witness.