48. You don’t see any of the leaders or any of us Pharisees believing in him, do you?
49. But those people out there know nothing about the law. They are under God’s curse!”
50. But Nicodemus was there in that group. He was the one who had gone to see Jesus before. He said,
51. “Our law will not let us judge anyone without first hearing them and finding out what they have done.”
52. The Jewish leaders answered, “You must be from Galilee too! Study the Scriptures. You will find nothing about a prophet coming from Galilee.”
53. Then they all left and went home.