KJV ORIGINAL
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
But these people who don't know the law are cursed.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The religious leaders were basically calling regular people cursed for not being law experts, pretty harsh.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century, the Pharisees were influential Jewish leaders who strictly upheld the Mosaic Law and often looked down on ordinary people for not knowing it as well as they did. This verse comes from a scene during the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, where the Pharisees were criticizing the crowds for believing in Jesus, claiming their ignorance of the law made them cursed. It highlights the religious elitism of the time, where knowledge of the law was seen as a marker of spiritual superiority.
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