New Living Translation
John 8:2
2but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.
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
1Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
Read all of John 8John 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 4:34Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Jeremiah 25:3“For the past twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until now—the Lord has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you, but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 44:4“Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’
- Luke 21:37Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening he returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- Matthew 5:1One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,
- Matthew 26:55Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
- Luke 4:20He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently.
- Luke 5:3Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there.
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
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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
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