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John 8:3-59

3NowG1161 the scribesG1122 and the PhariseesG5330 broughtG71 a womanG1135 caughtG2638 in the actG3430 ofG3430 adulteryG3430, and after placingG2476 her in the centerG3319 of the courtyard, 4they saidG3004 to Him, “TeacherG1320, thisG3778 womanG1135 has been caughtG2638 in the veryG849 actG849 of committingG3431 adulteryG3431. 5NowG1161 in the LawG3551, 1MosesG3475 commandedG1781 us to stoneG3034 suchG5108 womenG5108; whatG5101 thenG3767 do You sayG3004?” 6NowG1161 they were sayingG3004 thisG3778 to 2testG3985 Him, 3soG2443 thatG2443 they might haveG2192 grounds for accusingG2723 Him. But JesusG2424 stoopedG2955 downG2736 and with His fingerG1147 wroteG2608 on the groundG1093. 7WhenG5613 they persistedG1961 in askingG2065 Him, 4He straightenedG352 upG352 and saidG3004 to them, “5He who is withoutG361 sinG361 among you, let him be the 6firstG4413 to throwG906 a stoneG3037 at her.” 8And againG3825 He stoopedG2634 downG2634 and wroteG1125 on the groundG1093. 9NowG1161 when they heardG191 this, they began leavingG1831, oneG1520 by oneG1520, beginningG757 with the olderG4245 onesG4245, and He was leftG2641 aloneG3441, and the womanG1135 where she was, in the centerG3319 of the courtyard. 10And 7straighteningG352 upG352, JesusG2424 saidG3004 to her, “WomanG1135, whereG4226 are they? Did noG3762 oneG3762 condemnG2632 you?” 11She saidG3004, “NoG3762 oneG3762, 8LordG2962.” And JesusG2424 saidG3004, “9I do not condemnG2632 you, eitherG3761. GoG4198. From nowG3568 on do not 10sinG264 anyG3371 longerG3371.”]]

12ThenG3767 JesusG2424 againG3825 spokeG2980 to them, sayingG3004, “11I amG1510 the LightG5457 of the worldG2889; 12the one who followsG190 Me will not walkG4043 in the darknessG4653, but will haveG2192 the LightG5457 of lifeG2222.” 13SoG3767 the PhariseesG5330 saidG3004 to Him, “13You are testifyingG3140 aboutG4012 YourselfG4572; Your testimonyG3141 is not 14trueG227.” 14JesusG2424 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to them, “15EvenG2579 ifG2579 I am testifyingG3140 aboutG4012 MyselfG1683, My testimonyG3141 is 16trueG227, becauseG3754 I knowG3609 17whereG4159 I cameG2064 from and whereG4226 I am goingG5217; but 18you do not knowG3609 whereG4159 I comeG2064 from orG2228 whereG4226 I am goingG5217. 1519You judgeG2919 20accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561; 21I am not judgingG2919 anyoneG3762. 16But evenG2532 22ifG1437 I do judgeG2919, My judgmentG2920 is trueG228; for I amG1510 not aloneG3441 in it, but I and the Father who sentG3992 Me. 17EvenG2532 in 23your LawG3551 it has been writtenG1125 that the testimonyG3141 of 24twoG1417 peopleG444 is 25trueG227. 18I amG1510 He who testifiesG3140 aboutG4012 MyselfG1683, and 26the 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; 27ifG1487 you knewG3609 Me, you would knowG3609 My FatherG3962 alsoG2532.” 20TheseG3778 wordsG4487 He spokeG2980 28in 29the treasuryG1049, as 30He taughtG1321 in the templeG2413 area; and noG3762 oneG3762 arrestedG4084 Him, becauseG3754 31His hourG5610 had not yetG3768 comeG2064.

21ThenG3767 He saidG3004 againG3825 to them, “I am goingG5217 awayG5217, and 32you will lookG2212 forG2212 Me, and 33will dieG599 in your sinG266; whereG3699 I am goingG5217, you cannotG1410G3756 comeG2064.” 22SoG3767 34the JewsG2453 were sayingG3004, “SurelyG3385 He will not killG615 HimselfG1438, will He, sinceG3754 He saysG3004, ‘35WhereG3699 I am goingG5217, you cannotG1410G3756 comeG2064’?” 23And He was sayingG3004 to them, “36You are from belowG2736, I amG1510 from aboveG507; 37you are of thisG3778 worldG2889, 38I amG1510 not of thisG3778 worldG2889. 24ThereforeG3767 I saidG3004 to you that you 39will dieG599 in your sinsG266; for unlessG1437G3361 you believeG4100 that 4041I amG1510, 42you will dieG599 in your sinsG266.” 25ThenG3767 they were sayingG3004 to Him, “WhoG5101 are You?” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “43WhatG3739G5101 have I evenG2532 been sayingG2980 to you from the beginningG746? 26I haveG2192 manyG4183 thingsG4183 to sayG2980 and to judgeG2919 regardingG4012 you, but 44He who sentG3992 Me is trueG227; and 45the things whichG3739 I heardG191 from Him, theseG3778 I sayG2980 to the worldG2889.” 27They did not realizeG1097 that He was speakingG3004 to them about the FatherG3962. 28SoG3767 JesusG2424 saidG3004, “WhenG3752 you 46liftG5312 upG5312 the SonG5207 of ManG444, thenG5119 you will knowG1097 that 4748I amG1510, and 49I doG4160 nothingG3762 50on My ownG1683, but I sayG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 as the FatherG3962 instructedG1321 Me. 29And He who sentG3992 Me is with Me; 51He 52has not leftG863 Me aloneG3441, for 53I alwaysG3842 doG4160 the thingsG701 thatG701 areG701 pleasingG701 to Him.” 30As He saidG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778, 54manyG4183 came to believeG4100 in Him.

31SoG3767 JesusG2424 was sayingG3004 to thoseG3588 JewsG2453 who had believedG4100 Him, “55IfG1437 you continueG3306 in My wordG3056, then you are trulyG230 My 56disciplesG3101; 32and 57you will knowG1097 the truthG225, and 58the truthG225 will setG1659 you freeG1659.” 33They answeredG611 Him, “59We are Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690 and have neverG3762G4455 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 a slaveG1401 of sinG266. 35NowG1161 61the slaveG1401 does not remainG3306 in the houseG3614 foreverG165; 62the sonG5207 does remainG3306 foreverG165. 36SoG3767 ifG1437 the SonG5207 63setsG1659 you freeG1659, you reallyG3689 will be freeG1658. 37I knowG3609 that you are 64Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690; yetG235 65you are seekingG2212 to killG615 Me, becauseG3754 My wordG3056 66hasG5562 noG3756 placeG5562 in you. 38I speakG2980 of 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 as a resultG1537 of sexualG4202 immoralityG4202; 74we haveG2192 oneG1520 FatherG3962: GodG2316.” 42JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “IfG1487 GodG2316 were your FatherG3962, 75you would loveG25 Me, 76for I cameG1831 forthG1831 from GodG2316 and amG2240 hereG2240; for I have 77not evenG3761 comeG2064 78on My ownG1683, but 7980He sentG649 Me. 43WhyG1223G5101 do you not understandG1097 8182whatG2981 I am sayingG2981? It is becauseG3754 you cannotG1410G3756 83listenG191 to My wordG3056. 4484You are of 85your fatherG3962 the devilG1228, and 86you wantG2309 to doG4160 the desiresG1939 of your fatherG3962. 87He was a murdererG443 from the beginningG746, and does not standG4739 in the truthG225 becauseG3754 88there is noG3756 truthG225 in him. WheneverG3752 he tellsG2980 89a lieG5579, he 90speaksG2980 from his ownG2398 nature, becauseG3754 he is a liarG5583 and the fatherG3962 of 91liesG846. 45But becauseG3754 92I sayG3004 the truthG225, you do not believeG4100 Me. 46WhichG5101 oneG5101 of you convictsG1651 Me of sinG266? IfG1487 93I speakG3004 truthG225, whyG1223G5101 do you not believeG4100 Me? 4794The one who is of GodG2316 hearsG191 the wordsG4487 of GodG2316; for thisG3778 reasonG1223 you do not hearG191 them, becauseG3754 you are not of GodG2316.”

4895The JewsG2453 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “Do we not rightlyG2573 sayG3004 that You are a 96SamaritanG4541, and You 97haveG2192 a demonG1140?” 49JesusG2424 answeredG611, “I do not 98haveG2192 a demonG1140; onG235 theG235 contraryG235, I honorG5091 My FatherG3962, and you dishonorG818 Me. 50But 99I am not seekingG2212 My gloryG1391; there is One who seeksG2212 it, and judgesG2919. 51TrulyG281, trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, ifG1437 anyoneG5100 100followsG5083 My wordG3056, he will neverG3756G3361 101seeG2334 deathG2288.” 52102The JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “NowG3568 we knowG1097 that You 103haveG2192 a demonG1140. AbrahamG11 diedG599, and the prophetsG4396 as well; and yet You sayG3004, ‘IfG1437 anyoneG5100 104followsG5083 My wordG3056, he will neverG3756G3361 105tasteG1089 of deathG2288.’ 53You 106are not greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 AbrahamG11, whoG3748 diedG599, are You? The prophetsG4396 diedG599 tooG2532. WhomG5101 do You makeG4160 YourselfG4572 out to be?” 54JesusG2424 answeredG611, “107IfG1437 I glorifyG1392 MyselfG1683, My gloryG1391 is nothingG3762; 108it is My FatherG3962 who glorifiesG1392 Me, of whomG3739 you sayG3004, ‘He is our GodG2316’; 55and 109you have not come to knowG1097 Him, 110but I knowG3609 Him. And ifG2579 I sayG3004 that I do not knowG3609 Him, I will be 111a liarG5583 likeG3664 you; 112but I do knowG3609 Him, and I 113followG5083 His wordG3056. 56114Your fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 was 115overjoyedG21 that he would seeG3708 My dayG2250, and he sawG3708 it and rejoicedG5463.” 57116SoG3767 the JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “You are not yetG3768 fiftyG4004 yearsG2094 old, and You have seenG3708 AbrahamG11?” 58JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, beforeG4250 AbrahamG11 117was bornG1096, 118119I amG1510.” 59ThereforeG3767 they 120pickedG142 upG142 stonesG3037 to throwG906 at Him, but JesusG2424 121hidG2928 Himself and leftG1831 the templeG2413 grounds.

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Notes

  1. 1. John 8:5 Lev 20:10; Deut 22:22f ↩
  2. 2. John 8:6 Matt 16:1; 19:3; 22:18, 35; Mark 8:11; 10:2; 12:15; Luke 10:25; 11:16 ↩
  3. 3. John 8:6 Mark 3:2 ↩
  4. 4. John 8:7 John 8:10 ↩
  5. 5. John 8:7 Matt 7:1; Rom 2:1 ↩
  6. 6. John 8:7 Deut 17:7 ↩
  7. 7. John 8:10 John 8:7 ↩
  8. 8. John 8:11 Or Sir ↩
  9. 9. John 8:11 John 3:17 ↩
  10. 10. John 8:11 John 5:14 ↩
  11. 11. John 8:12 John 1:4; 9:5; 12:35 ↩
  12. 12. John 8:12 Matt 5:14 ↩
  13. 13. John 8:13 John 5:31 ↩
  14. 14. John 8:13 Or valid ↩
  15. 15. John 8:14 John 18:37; Rev 1:5; 3:14 ↩
  16. 16. John 8:14 Or valid ↩
  17. 17. John 8:14 John 8:42; 13:3; 16:28 ↩
  18. 18. John 8:14 John 7:28; 9:29 ↩
  19. 19. John 8:15 1 Sam 16:7; John 7:24 ↩
  20. 20. John 8:15 I.e., by a carnal standard ↩
  21. 21. John 8:15 John 3:17 ↩
  22. 22. John 8:16 John 5:30 ↩
  23. 23. John 8:17 Deut 17:6; 19:15 ↩
  24. 24. John 8:17 Matt 18:16 ↩
  25. 25. John 8:17 I.e., valid or admissible ↩
  26. 26. John 8:18 John 5:37; 1 John 5:9 ↩
  27. 27. John 8:19 John 7:28; 8:55; 14:7, 9; 16:3 ↩
  28. 28. John 8:20 Or at ↩
  29. 29. John 8:20 Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1 ↩
  30. 30. John 8:20 John 7:14; 8:2 ↩
  31. 31. John 8:20 John 7:30 ↩
  32. 32. John 8:21 John 7:34 ↩
  33. 33. John 8:21 John 8:24 ↩
  34. 34. John 8:22 John 1:19; 8:48, 52, 57 ↩
  35. 35. John 8:22 John 7:35 ↩
  36. 36. John 8:23 John 3:31 ↩
  37. 37. John 8:23 1 John 4:5 ↩
  38. 38. John 8:23 John 17:14, 16 ↩
  39. 39. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
  40. 40. John 8:24 Or I AM, you will die...; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM ↩
  41. 41. John 8:24 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:28, 58; 13:19 ↩
  42. 42. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
  43. 43. John 8:25 Or That which I have even been saying to you from the beginning ↩
  44. 44. John 8:26 John 3:33; 7:28 ↩
  45. 45. John 8:26 John 8:40; 12:49; 15:15 ↩
  46. 46. John 8:28 John 3:14; 12:32 ↩
  47. 47. John 8:28 Or I AM, and...; (see note v 24) ↩
  48. 48. John 8:28 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:24, 58; 13:19 ↩
  49. 49. John 8:28 John 3:11; 5:19 ↩
  50. 50. John 8:28 Or of Myself ↩
  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 is making no headway among you ↩
  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 Or of Myself ↩
  79. 79. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
  80. 80. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
  81. 81. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
  82. 82. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
  83. 83. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
  84. 84. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
  85. 85. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
  86. 86. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
  87. 87. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
  88. 88. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
  89. 89. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
  90. 90. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
  91. 91. John 8:44 Lit it ↩
  92. 92. John 8:45 John 18:37 ↩
  93. 93. John 8:46 John 18:37 ↩
  94. 94. John 8:47 1 John 4:6 ↩
  95. 95. John 8:48 John 1:19 ↩
  96. 96. John 8:48 Matt 10:5; John 4:9 ↩
  97. 97. John 8:48 John 7:20 ↩
  98. 98. John 8:49 John 7:20 ↩
  99. 99. John 8:50 John 5:41; 8:54 ↩
  100. 100. John 8:51 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
  101. 101. John 8:51 Matt 16:28; Luke 2:26; John 8:52; Heb 2:9; 11:5 ↩
  102. 102. John 8:52 John 1:19 ↩
  103. 103. John 8:52 John 7:20 ↩
  104. 104. John 8:52 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
  105. 105. John 8:52 John 8:51 ↩
  106. 106. John 8:53 John 4:12 ↩
  107. 107. John 8:54 John 8:50 ↩
  108. 108. John 8:54 John 7:39 ↩
  109. 109. John 8:55 John 8:19; 15:21 ↩
  110. 110. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
  111. 111. John 8:55 John 8:44 ↩
  112. 112. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
  113. 113. John 8:55 John 8:51; 15:10 ↩
  114. 114. John 8:56 John 8:37, 39 ↩
  115. 115. John 8:56 Matt 13:17; Heb 11:13 ↩
  116. 116. John 8:57 John 1:19 ↩
  117. 117. John 8:58 Lit came into being ↩
  118. 118. John 8:58 Or I AM; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM ↩
  119. 119. John 8:58 Ex 3:14; John 1:1; 17:5, 24 ↩
  120. 120. John 8:59 Matt 12:14; John 10:31; 11:8 ↩
  121. 121. John 8:59 John 12:36 ↩

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