John 8:2

John 8:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
• New International Version (NIV)At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.

Context of John 8:2

1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning He came back into the temple [court], and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began teaching them. 3Now the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the center of the court, 4and they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.

John 8:2 word by word

ὄρθρου δὲ πάλιν παρεγένετο εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν αὐτούς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• early in the morningὄρθροςorthros · dawnG3722
• he cameπαραγίνομαιparaginomai · to comeG3854
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the templeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• he sat downκαθίζωkathizō · to seatG2523
• and taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321

Cross-references for John 8:2

• John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to completely finish His work.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.
• Jeremiah 25:3“For these twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not listened.
• Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.”
• Luke 21:37Now in the daytime Jesus was teaching in [the porches and courts of] the temple, but at night He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet.
• Matthew 5:1When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and when He was seated, His disciples came to Him.
• Matthew 26:55At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Day after day I used to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me.
• Luke 4:20Then He rolled up the scroll [having stopped in the middle of the verse], gave it back to the attendant and sat down [to teach]; and the eyes of all those in the synagogue were [attentively] fixed on Him.
• Luke 5:3He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little distance from the shore. And He sat down and began teaching the crowds from the boat.

Commentaries on John 8:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11It is likely that someone added this story to John's Gospel later, since it is not in the earliest Greek manuscripts. However, it is likely a true story from the life of Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111-2. Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives--This should have formed the last verse of the foregoing chapter. "The return of the people to the inert quiet and security of their dwellings (Joh 7:53), at the close of the feast, is designedly contrasted with our Lord's homeless way, so to speak, of spending the short night, who is early in the morning on the scene again. One cannot well see why what is recorded in Lu 21:37, 38 may not even thus early have taken…Read the comment

Topics related to John 8:2

• Instruction
• Jesus Continued
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Act
• Adultery
• Conscience
• Continue
• Flesh
• Hear
• Lift
• Treasury
• Criticism of the Bible
• Early

Commentaries on John 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings