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John 8

The Adulterous Woman

1But JesusG2424 wentG4198 to 1the MountG3735 of OlivesG1636. 2EarlyG3722 in the morningG3722 He cameG3854 againG3825 into the templeG2413, and allG3956 the peopleG2992 were comingG2064 to Him; and 2He satG2523 downG2523 and began to teachG1321 them. 3The scribesG1122 and the PhariseesG5330 broughtG71 a womanG1135 caughtG2638 in adulteryG3430, and having setG2476 her in the centerG3319 of the court, 4they saidG3004 to Him, “TeacherG1320, thisG3778 womanG1135 has been caughtG2638 in adulteryG3431, in the veryG849 actG849. 5NowG1161 in the LawG3551 3MosesG3475 commandedG1781 us to stoneG3034 suchG5108 womenG5108; whatG5101 thenG3767 do You sayG3004?” 6They were sayingG3004 thisG3778, 4testingG3985 Him, 5soG2443 that they might haveG2192 grounds for accusingG2723 Him. But JesusG2424 stoopedG2955 downG2736 and with His fingerG1147 wroteG2608 on the groundG1093. 7But whenG5613 they persistedG1961 in askingG2065 Him, 6He straightenedG352 up, and saidG3004 to them, “7He who is withoutG361 sinG361 among you, let him be the 8firstG4413 to throwG906 a stoneG3037 at her.” 8AgainG3825 He stoopedG2634 downG2634 and wroteG1125 on the groundG1093. 9When they heardG191 it, they began to goG1831 out oneG1520 by oneG1520, beginningG757 with the olderG4245 onesG4245, and He was leftG2641 aloneG3441, and the womanG1135, where she was, in the centerG3319 of the court. 109StraighteningG352 up, JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “WomanG1135, whereG4226 are they? Did noG3762 oneG3762 condemnG2632 you?” 11She saidG3004, “NoG3762 oneG3762, 10LordG2962.” And JesusG2424 saidG3004, “11I do not condemnG2632 you, eitherG3761. GoG4198. From nowG3568 on 12sinG264 noG3371 moreG3371.”]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12ThenG3767 JesusG2424 againG3825 spokeG2980 to them, sayingG3004, “13I amG1510 the LightG5457 of the worldG2889; 14he who followsG190 Me will not walkG4043 in the darknessG4653, but will haveG2192 the LightG5457 of lifeG2222.” 13SoG3767 the PhariseesG5330 saidG3004 to Him, “15You are testifyingG3140 aboutG4012 YourselfG4572; Your testimonyG3141 is not 16trueG227.” 14JesusG2424 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to them, “17EvenG2579 ifG2579 I testifyG3140 aboutG4012 MyselfG1683, My testimonyG3140 is 18trueG227, for I knowG3609 19whereG4159 I cameG2064 from and whereG4226 I am goingG5217; but 20you do not knowG3609 whereG4159 I comeG2064 from orG2228 whereG4226 I am goingG5217. 1521You judgeG2919 22accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561; 23I am not judgingG2919 anyoneG3762. 16But evenG2532 24ifG1437 I do judgeG2919, My judgmentG2920 is trueG228; for I amG1510 not aloneG3441 in it, but I and the Father who sentG3992 Me. 17EvenG2532 in 25your lawG3551 it has been writtenG1125 that the testimonyG3141 of 26twoG1417 menG444 is 27trueG227. 18I amG1510 He who testifiesG3140 aboutG4012 MyselfG1683, and 28the FatherG3962 who sentG3992 Me testifiesG3140 aboutG4012 Me.” 19SoG3767 they were sayingG3004 to Him, “WhereG4226 is Your FatherG3962?” JesusG2424 answeredG611, “You knowG3609 neitherG3777 Me norG3777 My FatherG3962; 29ifG1487 you knewG3609 Me, you would knowG3609 My FatherG3962 alsoG2532.” 20TheseG3778 wordsG4487 He spokeG2980 in 30the treasuryG1049, as 31He taughtG1321 in the templeG2413; and noG3762 oneG3762 seizedG4084 Him, becauseG3754 32His hourG5610 had not yetG3768 comeG2064.

21ThenG3767 He saidG3004 againG3825 to them, “I goG5217 awayG5217, and 33you will seekG2212 Me, and 34will dieG599 in your sinG266; whereG3699 I am goingG5217, you cannotG1410G3756 comeG2064.” 22SoG3767 35the JewsG2453 were sayingG3004, “SurelyG3385 He will not killG615 HimselfG1438, will He, sinceG3754 He saysG3004, ‘36WhereG3699 I am goingG5217, you cannotG1410G3756 comeG2064’?” 23And He was sayingG3004 to them, “37You are from belowG2736, I amG1510 from aboveG507; 38you are of thisG3778 worldG2889, 39I amG1510 not of thisG3778 worldG2889. 24ThereforeG3767 I saidG3004 to you that you 40will dieG599 in your sinsG266; for unlessG1437G3361 you believeG4100 that 4142I amG1510 He, 43you will dieG599 in your sinsG266.” 25SoG3767 they were sayingG3004 to Him, “WhoG5101 are You?” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “44WhatG3739G5101 have I been sayingG2980 to you from the beginningG746? 26I haveG2192 manyG4183 thingsG4183 to speakG2980 and to judgeG2919 concerningG4012 you, but 45He who sentG3992 Me is trueG227; and 46the things whichG3739 I heardG191 from Him, theseG3778 I speakG2980 to the worldG2889.” 27They did not realizeG1097 that He had been speakingG3004 to them about the FatherG3962. 28SoG3767 JesusG2424 saidG3004, “WhenG3752 you 47liftG5312 up the SonG5207 of ManG444, thenG5119 you will knowG1097 that 4849I amG1510 He, and 50I doG4160 nothingG3762 on My ownG1683 initiativeG1683, but I speakG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 as the FatherG3962 taughtG1321 Me. 29And He who sentG3992 Me is with Me; 51He 52has not leftG863 Me aloneG3441, for 53I alwaysG3842 doG4160 the thingsG701 that are pleasingG701 to Him.” 30As He spokeG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778, 54manyG4183 came to believeG4100 in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

31SoG3767 JesusG2424 was sayingG3004 to thoseG3588 JewsG2453 who had believedG4100 Him, “55IfG1437 you continueG3306 in My wordG3056, then you are trulyG230 56disciplesG3101 of MineG1473; 32and 57you will knowG1097 the truthG225, and 58the truthG225 will makeG1659 you freeG1659.” 33They answeredG611 Him, “59We are Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690 and have neverG3762G4455 yetG4455 been enslavedG1398 to anyoneG3762; howG4459 is it that You sayG3004, ‘You will becomeG1096 freeG1658’?”

34JesusG2424 answeredG611 them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, 60everyoneG3956 who commitsG4160 sinG266 is the slaveG1401 of sinG266. 3561The slaveG1401 does not remainG3306 in the houseG3614 foreverG165; 62the sonG5207 does remainG3306 foreverG165. 36SoG3767 ifG1437 the SonG5207 63makesG1659 you freeG1659, you will be freeG1658 indeedG3689. 37I knowG3609 that you are 64Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690; yetG235 65you seekG2212 to killG615 Me, becauseG3754 My wordG3056 66hasG5562 noG3756 placeG5562 in you. 38I speakG2980 the things whichG3739 I have seenG3708 67with My FatherG3962; thereforeG3767 you alsoG2532 doG4160 the things whichG3739 you heardG191 from 68your fatherG3962.”

39They answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “AbrahamG11 is 69our fatherG3962.” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “70IfG1487 you are Abraham’sG11 childrenG5043, doG4160 the deedsG2041 of AbrahamG11. 40But as it is, 71you are seekingG2212 to killG615 Me, a manG444 whoG3739 has 72toldG2980 you the truthG225, whichG3739 I heardG191 from GodG2316; thisG3778 AbrahamG11 did not doG4160. 41You are doingG4160 the deedsG2041 of 73your fatherG3962.” They saidG3004 to Him, “We were not bornG1080 of fornicationG4202; 74we haveG2192 oneG1520 FatherG3962: GodG2316.” 42JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “IfG1487 GodG2316 were your FatherG3962, 75you would loveG25 Me, 76for I proceededG1831 forthG1831 and haveG2240 comeG2240 from GodG2316, for I have 77not evenG3761 comeG2064 on My ownG1683 initiativeG1683, but 7879He sentG649 Me. 43WhyG1223G5101 do you not understandG1097 8081whatG2981 I am sayingG2981? It is becauseG3754 you cannotG1410G3756 82hearG191 My wordG3056. 4483You are of 84your fatherG3962 the devilG1228, and 85you wantG2309 to doG4160 the desiresG1939 of your fatherG3962. 86He was a murdererG443 from the beginningG746, and does not standG4739 in the truthG225 becauseG3754 87there is noG3756 truthG225 in him. WheneverG3752 he speaksG2980 88a lieG5579, he 89speaksG2980 from his ownG2398 nature, for he is a liarG5583 and the fatherG3962 of 90liesG846. 45But becauseG3754 91I speakG3004 the truthG225, you do not believeG4100 Me. 46WhichG5101 oneG5101 of you convictsG1651 Me of sinG266? IfG1487 92I speakG3004 truthG225, whyG1223G5101 do you not believeG4100 Me? 4793He who is of GodG2316 hearsG191 the wordsG4487 of GodG2316; for thisG3778 reasonG1223 you do not hearG191 them, becauseG3754 you are not of GodG2316.”

4894The JewsG2453 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “Do we not sayG3004 rightlyG2573 that You are a 95SamaritanG4541 and 96haveG2192 a demonG1140?” 49JesusG2424 answeredG611, “I do not 97haveG2192 a demonG1140; but I honorG5091 My FatherG3962, and you dishonorG818 Me. 50But 98I do not seekG2212 My gloryG1391; there is One who seeksG2212 and judgesG2919. 51TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, ifG1437 anyoneG5100 99keepsG5083 My wordG3056 he will neverG3756G3361 100seeG2334 deathG2288.” 52101The JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “NowG3568 we knowG1097 that You 102haveG2192 a demonG1140. AbrahamG11 diedG599, and the prophetsG4396 also; and You sayG3004, ‘IfG1437 anyoneG5100 103keepsG5083 My wordG3056, he will neverG3756G3361 104tasteG1089 of deathG2288.’ 53SurelyG3361 You 105are not greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 AbrahamG11, whoG3748 diedG599? The prophetsG4396 diedG599 tooG2532; whomG5101 do You makeG4160 YourselfG4572 out to be?” 54JesusG2424 answeredG611, “106IfG1437 I glorifyG1392 MyselfG1683, My gloryG1391 is nothingG3762; 107it is My FatherG3962 who glorifiesG1392 Me, of whomG3739 you sayG3004, ‘He is our GodG2316’; 55and 108you have not come to knowG1097 Him, 109but I knowG3609 Him; and ifG2579 I sayG3004 that I do not knowG3609 Him, I will be 110a liarG5583 likeG3664 you, 111but I do knowG3609 Him and 112keepG5083 His wordG3056. 56113Your fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 114rejoicedG21 115to seeG3708 My dayG2250, and he sawG3708 it and was gladG5463.” 57116SoG3767 the JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “You are not yetG3768 fiftyG4004 yearsG2094 old, and have You seenG3708 AbrahamG11?” 58JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, beforeG4250 AbrahamG11 117was bornG1096, 118I amG1510.” 59ThereforeG3767 they 119pickedG142 up stonesG3037 to throwG906 at Him, but JesusG2424 120121hidG2928 Himself and wentG1831 out of the templeG2413.

Notes

  1. 1. John 8:1 Matt 21:1 ↩
  2. 2. John 8:2 Matt 26:55; John 8:20 ↩
  3. 3. John 8:5 Lev 20:10; Deut 22:22f ↩
  4. 4. John 8:6 Matt 16:1; 19:3; 22:18, 35; Mark 8:11; 10:2; 12:15; Luke 10:25; 11:16 ↩
  5. 5. John 8:6 Mark 3:2 ↩
  6. 6. John 8:7 John 8:10 ↩
  7. 7. John 8:7 Matt 7:1; Rom 2:1 ↩
  8. 8. John 8:7 Deut 17:7 ↩
  9. 9. John 8:10 John 8:7 ↩
  10. 10. John 8:11 Or Sir ↩
  11. 11. John 8:11 John 3:17 ↩
  12. 12. John 8:11 John 5:14 ↩
  13. 13. John 8:12 John 1:4; 9:5; 12:35 ↩
  14. 14. John 8:12 Matt 5:14 ↩
  15. 15. John 8:13 John 5:31 ↩
  16. 16. John 8:13 Or valid ↩
  17. 17. John 8:14 John 18:37; Rev 1:5; 3:14 ↩
  18. 18. John 8:14 Or valid ↩
  19. 19. John 8:14 John 8:42; 13:3; 16:28 ↩
  20. 20. John 8:14 John 7:28; 9:29 ↩
  21. 21. John 8:15 1 Sam 16:7; John 7:24 ↩
  22. 22. John 8:15 I.e. by a carnal standard ↩
  23. 23. John 8:15 John 3:17 ↩
  24. 24. John 8:16 John 5:30 ↩
  25. 25. John 8:17 Deut 17:6; 19:15 ↩
  26. 26. John 8:17 Matt 18:16 ↩
  27. 27. John 8:17 I.e. valid or admissible ↩
  28. 28. John 8:18 John 5:37; 1 John 5:9 ↩
  29. 29. John 8:19 John 7:28; 8:55; 14:7, 9; 16:3 ↩
  30. 30. John 8:20 Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1 ↩
  31. 31. John 8:20 John 7:14; 8:2 ↩
  32. 32. John 8:20 John 7:30 ↩
  33. 33. John 8:21 John 7:34 ↩
  34. 34. John 8:21 John 8:24 ↩
  35. 35. John 8:22 John 1:19; 8:48, 52, 57 ↩
  36. 36. John 8:22 John 7:35 ↩
  37. 37. John 8:23 John 3:31 ↩
  38. 38. John 8:23 1 John 4:5 ↩
  39. 39. John 8:23 John 17:14, 16 ↩
  40. 40. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
  41. 41. John 8:24 Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM ↩
  42. 42. John 8:24 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:28, 58; 13:19 ↩
  43. 43. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
  44. 44. John 8:25 Or That which I have been saying to you from the beginning ↩
  45. 45. John 8:26 John 3:33; 7:28 ↩
  46. 46. John 8:26 John 8:40; 12:49; 15:15 ↩
  47. 47. John 8:28 John 3:14; 12:32 ↩
  48. 48. John 8:28 Lit I AM (v 24 note) ↩
  49. 49. John 8:28 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:24, 58; 13:19 ↩
  50. 50. John 8:28 John 3:11; 5:19 ↩
  51. 51. John 8:29 John 8:16; 16:32 ↩
  52. 52. John 8:29 Or did not leave ↩
  53. 53. John 8:29 John 4:34 ↩
  54. 54. John 8:30 John 7:31 ↩
  55. 55. John 8:31 John 15:7; 2 John 9 ↩
  56. 56. John 8:31 John 2:2 ↩
  57. 57. John 8:32 John 1:14, 17 ↩
  58. 58. John 8:32 John 8:36; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:17; Gal 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
  59. 59. John 8:33 Matt 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39 ↩
  60. 60. John 8:34 Rom 6:16; 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
  61. 61. John 8:35 Gen 21:10; Gal 4:30 ↩
  62. 62. John 8:35 Luke 15:31 ↩
  63. 63. John 8:36 John 8:32 ↩
  64. 64. John 8:37 Matt 3:9; John 8:39 ↩
  65. 65. John 8:37 John 7:1; 8:40 ↩
  66. 66. John 8:37 Or makes no progress ↩
  67. 67. John 8:38 Or in the presence of ↩
  68. 68. John 8:38 John 8:41, 44 ↩
  69. 69. John 8:39 Matt 3:9; John 8:37 ↩
  70. 70. John 8:39 Rom 9:7; Gal 3:7 ↩
  71. 71. John 8:40 John 7:1; 8:37 ↩
  72. 72. John 8:40 John 8:26 ↩
  73. 73. John 8:41 John 8:38, 44 ↩
  74. 74. John 8:41 Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8 ↩
  75. 75. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
  76. 76. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
  77. 77. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
  78. 78. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
  79. 79. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
  80. 80. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
  81. 81. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
  82. 82. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
  83. 83. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
  84. 84. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
  85. 85. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
  86. 86. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
  87. 87. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
  88. 88. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
  89. 89. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
  90. 90. John 8:44 Lit it ↩
  91. 91. John 8:45 John 18:37 ↩
  92. 92. John 8:46 John 18:37 ↩
  93. 93. John 8:47 1 John 4:6 ↩
  94. 94. John 8:48 John 1:19 ↩
  95. 95. John 8:48 Matt 10:5; John 4:9 ↩
  96. 96. John 8:48 John 7:20 ↩
  97. 97. John 8:49 John 7:20 ↩
  98. 98. John 8:50 John 5:41; 8:54 ↩
  99. 99. John 8:51 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
  100. 100. John 8:51 Matt 16:28; Luke 2:26; John 8:52; Heb 2:9; 11:5 ↩
  101. 101. John 8:52 John 1:19 ↩
  102. 102. John 8:52 John 7:20 ↩
  103. 103. John 8:52 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
  104. 104. John 8:52 John 8:51 ↩
  105. 105. John 8:53 John 4:12 ↩
  106. 106. John 8:54 John 8:50 ↩
  107. 107. John 8:54 John 7:39 ↩
  108. 108. John 8:55 John 8:19; 15:21 ↩
  109. 109. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
  110. 110. John 8:55 John 8:44 ↩
  111. 111. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
  112. 112. John 8:55 John 8:51; 15:10 ↩
  113. 113. John 8:56 John 8:37, 39 ↩
  114. 114. John 8:56 Matt 13:17; Heb 11:13 ↩
  115. 115. John 8:56 Lit in order that he might see ↩
  116. 116. John 8:57 John 1:19 ↩
  117. 117. John 8:58 Lit came into being ↩
  118. 118. John 8:58 Ex 3:14; John 1:1; 17:5, 24 ↩
  119. 119. John 8:59 Matt 12:14; John 10:31; 11:8 ↩
  120. 120. John 8:59 Lit was hidden ↩
  121. 121. John 8:59 John 12:36 ↩

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