CONTENTS A woman taken in Adultery is brought to Christ for Judgment. The Lord pardons her. He preacheth a divine Discourse. The Jews oppose him, and are about to stone him; but he passeth by, and escapeth their Hands. read more
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. (2) 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. I take occasion at the very mention of the Mount of Olives, to remind the Reader, what a memorable place this was. Jesus delighted in it. And doth the Reader ask wherefore? The Scriptures will answer the question. See Luke 22:39 , etc. John 18:1-2 . Here it was, that David, a memorable type of Christ, ascended bare-footed in his... read more
The last verse of the foregoing chapter, and the eleven verses that follow in this, are not found in the greater part of our present Greek copies, yet they are in some manuscripts and so are retained in the Protestant translation. We read nothing of them in the commentaries of St. John Chrysostom or St. Cyril; but St. Jerome (lib. ii. con. Pelag. tom. 4, part 2, p. 521. Ed. Ben.) says, they were found in many both Latin and Greek copies. St. Ambrose (Ep. 52.) says this passage, of the woman... read more
1-11 Christ neither found fault with the law, nor excused the prisoner's guilt; nor did he countenance the pretended zeal of the Pharisees. Those are self-condemned who judge others, and yet do the same thing. All who are any way called to blame the faults of others, are especially concerned to look to themselves, and keep themselves pure. In this matter Christ attended to the great work about which he came into the world, that was, to bring sinners to repentance; not to destroy, but to save.... read more
John 8 HOWEVER, THEY FELT that they had decisively settled the point, and they retired to the comfort of their own homes, whilst Jesus, the Word made flesh, without a home, spent the night on the Mount of Olives. Returning early in the morning to the temple, He was confronted by some of these very opponents with a case which, they hoped, would impale Him on the horns of a dilemma. The crowd might be ignorant of the law and cursed; they knew the law right well and thought themselves blessed by... read more
The Woman Taken in Adultery. The arraignment of the guilty woman: v. l. Jesus went into the Mount of Olives. v. 2. 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. v. 3. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, v. 4. they say unto Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. v. 5. Now Moses in the Law commanded us that... read more
A. CHAPTER John 8:1-11[Christ And The Adulteress, And Their Accusers.]EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALDiscussion of the genuineness of this section.—The difficulty of handling the question of the genuineness of this section, we have already indicated in the Introduction [p. 31]; and we have there indicated also the present state of the question. Four points are to be considered: 1. The authorities. 2. The condition of the text. 3. The historical connection of the occurrence. 4. The connection of the... read more
IIIChrist, The Light Of The World, The Real Fulfilment Of The Jewish Torch-Light Festivities, As Against The Pretended Seers, The False Lights, In Israel. The Adulteress, And Christ’s Sentence. His Ideal Appearance At The Court Of The Jews, And The Two Witnesses. The Judges Shall Come Into Judgement. A Twofold Lifting Up Of Christ At Hand. Appearance Of Yielding; Or, A Great Vacillation Towards Faith(John 7:53) John 8:1-30John 7:53. And every man went unto his own house. [;]John 8:1 [But]1... read more
the Accusers Self-condemned John 8:1-11 This passage has been the subject of much controversy, but there is no possibility of accounting for it except on the supposition that this incident really took place. It reveals in our Lord’s character such tenderness, wisdom, hatred of sin, and insight into the heart of man, that it is impossible to suppose that any evangelist could have invented the story. The sinner’s way of treating sin is to regard it as “a case” for curious speculation, and an... read more
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The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - John 8:1-59
Joh 8:3-11 "And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up... read more