John 8:11

John 8:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
• New International Version (NIV)“No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."]]
• New King James Version (NKJV)She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

Context of John 8:11

9One by one, beginning with the older men, the experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees left. Jesus was left alone with the woman. 10Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Where did they go? Has anyone condemned you?” The woman answered, “No one, sir.” Jesus said, “I don’t condemn you either. Go! From now on don’t sin.” 12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark.” 13The Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony isn’t true.”

John 8:11 word by word

ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, οὐδείς, κύριε. εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, οὐδὲ ἐγώ σε κατακρίνω· πορεύου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μηκέτι ἁμάρτανε.¶]]Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Sheὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• No manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• unto herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Neitherοὐδέoude · norG3761
• doκατακρίνωkatakrinō · to condemnG2632
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sinἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• no moreμηκέτιmēketi · never againG3371

Cross-references for John 8:11

• John 8:15You judge the way humans do. I don’t judge anyone.
• John 3:17God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but to save the world.
• John 18:36Jesus answered, “My kingdom doesn’t belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. My kingdom doesn’t have its origin on earth.”
• Deuteronomy 16:18Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city that the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people fairly.
• Deuteronomy 17:9Go to the Levitical priests and the judge who is serving at that time. Ask for their opinion, and they will give you their verdict
• Luke 9:56So they went to another village.
• Luke 12:13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of the inheritance that our father left us.”
• Romans 13:3People who do what is right don’t have to be afraid of the government. But people who do what is wrong should be afraid of it. Would you like to live without being afraid of the government? Do what is right, and it will praise you.
• 1 Corinthians 5:12After all, do I have any business judging those who are outside ⌞the Christian faith⌟? Isn’t it your business to judge those who are inside?
• John 5:14Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”
• Job 34:31“But suppose such a person says to God, ‘I am guilty, I will stop my immoral behavior.
• Proverbs 28:13Whoever covers over his sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and abandons them receives compassion.
• Isaiah 1:16“Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
• Ezekiel 18:30“That is why I will judge each of you by what you have done, people of Israel,” declares the Almighty Lord. “Change the way you think and act. Turn away from all the rebellious things that you have done so that you will not fall into sin.
• Matthew 21:28“What do you think about this? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go to work in the vineyard today.’

Commentaries on John 8:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Neither do I condemn thee - Bishop Pearce says: "It would have been strange if Jesus, when he was not a magistrate, and had not the witnesses before him to examine them, and when she had not been tried and condemned by the law and legal judges, should have taken upon him to condemn her. This being the case, it appears why Jesus avoided giving an answer to the question of the scribes and Pharisees, and also how little reason there is to conclude from hence…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Neither do I condemn thee - This is evidently to be taken in the sense of judicial condemnation, or of passing sentence as a magistrate, for this was what they had arraigned her for. It was not to obtain his opinion about adultery, but to obtain the condemnation of the woman. As he claimed no civil authority, he said that he did not exercise it, and should not condemn her to die. In this sense the word is used in the previous verse, and this is the only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11neither do I: Jesus spoke words of assurance, but this did not suggest that the woman was innocent. Jesus takes sin and judgment seriously, but he shows grace and forgiveness to those overcome by sin.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 8:11

• Adultery
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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