SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:51
¿Nuestra ley juzga por ventura a hombre, si primero no oyere de l, y entendiere lo que ha hecho?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 7:51
Verse 51. Doth our law judge any man] ton anqrwpon, the man, i.e. who is accused. Perhaps Nicodemus did not refer so much to any thing in the law of Moses, as to what was commonly practiced among them.
Josephus says, Ant. b. xiv. c. 9. s. 3, That the law has forbidden any man to be put to death, though wicked, unless he be first condemned to die by the Sanhedrin. It was probably to this law, which is not expressly mentioned in the five books of Moses, that Nicodemus here alludes. See laws relative to this point, Deut. xvii. 8, &c.; Deut. xix. 15.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 51. Doth our law judge any man , etc.] Or condemn any man; or can any man be lawfully condemned: before it hear him : what he has to say for himself; is this the usual process in our courts? or is this a legal one to condemn a man unheard? and know what he doth ? what his crimes are. This he said, having a secret respect for Christ, though he had not courage enough openly to appear for him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 40-53 - The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometime the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and tha sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a tim restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily los their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swaye by outward motives in matters of eternal moment, are willing even to be damned for fashion's sake. As the wisdom of God often chooses thing which men despise, so the folly of men commonly despises those whom God has chosen. The Lord brings forward his weak and timid disciples, an sometimes uses them to defeat the designs of his enemies __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
μη 3361 PRT-N ο 3588 T-NSM νομος 3551 N-NSM ημων 2257 P-1GP κρινει 2919 5719 V-PAI-3S τον 3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον 444 N-ASM εαν 1437 COND μη 3361 PRT-N ακουση 191 5661 V-AAS-3S παρ 3844 PREP αυτου 846 P-GSM προτερον 4386 ADV και 2532 CONJ γνω 1097 5632 V-2AAS-3S τι 5101 I-ASN ποιει 4160 5719 V-PAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
51. Any man (ton anqrwpon). Literally, the man, whoever he may be, that comes before them.Before it hear him (ean mh akoush par autou). Rev., more correctly, except it first hear. Hear him, is an inadequate rendering of par' aujtou, which is, as Rev., from himself; para, implying from beside, i.e., from his side of the case.
