‘You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.
John 7:51 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
‘You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.
The one who gives an answer before he listens – this is foolishness and disgrace for him.
‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.
Then Paul said to him, ‘God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck? ’
Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgement belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.
The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.