約翰福音7: 45-52

 

7:45 差役回到祭司長和法利賽人那裡。他們對差役說：「你們為甚麼沒有帶他來呢？」
7:46 差役回答說：「從來沒有像他這樣說話的！」
7:47 法利賽人說：「你們也受了迷惑嗎？
7:48 官長或是法利賽人豈有信他的呢？
7:49 但這些不明白律法的百姓是被咒詛的！」
7:50 內中有尼哥底母，就是從前去見耶穌的，對他們說：
7:51 「不先聽本人的口供，不知道他所做的事，難道我們的律法還定他的罪嗎？」
7:52 他們回答說：「你也是出於加利利嗎？你且去查考，就可知道加利利沒有出過先知。」

 

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.”

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[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

⁵³ Then they all went home,

 

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    本來有差役要抓主耶穌的，但是上帝的時間未到，所以他們無法動手！

 

    這讓我們看見上帝的時間很重要，一切都要等上帝的時間！