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. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them. 3And the scribes and the Pharisees bring [to him] a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst, 4they say to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in the very act, committing 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

• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• satκαθίζωkathizō · to seatG2523
• taughtδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321

Cross-references for John 8:2

• John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
• Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, the king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
• Jeremiah 44:4And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!
• Luke 21:37And by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night, going out, he remained abroad on the mountain called [the mount] of Olives;
• Matthew 5:1But seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain, and having sat down, his disciples came to him;
• Matthew 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily [with you] teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.
• Luke 4:20And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.
• Luke 5:3And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.

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