John 8:1-5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:1-11

Though Christ was basely abused in the foregoing chapter, both by the rulers and by the people, yet here we have him still at Jerusalem, still in the temple. How often would he have gathered them! Observe, I. His retirement in the evening out of the town (John 8:1): He went unto the mount of olives; whether to some friend's house, or to some booth pitched there, now at the feast of tabernacles, is not certain; whether he rested there, or, as some think, continued all night in prayer to God, we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:1

Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. Which lay eastward of Jerusalem, about a mile from it; hither Christ went on the evening of the last day of the feast of tabernacles; partly to decline the danger, and avoid the snares the Jews might lay for him in the night season; having been disappointed and confounded in the daytime; and it may be for the sake of recreation and diversion, to sup with his dear friends Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, who lived at Bethany, not far from this mount; and chiefly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:2

And early in the morning he came again into the temple ,.... Which shows his diligence, constancy, and assiduity, in his ministerial work, as well as his courage and intrepidity; being fearless of his enemies, though careful to give them no advantage against him, before his time: and all the people came unto him ; which also commends the industry and diligence of his hearers, who were forward to hear him, and were early at the temple for that purpose, and that in great numbers: and he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:3

And the Scribes and Pharisees ,.... The members of the sanhedrim, who had been so miserably disappointed the day before, were no less diligent and industrious in their wicked way, seeking all opportunities, and taking all advantages against Christ; and fancying they had got something whereby to ensnare him, and bring him into disgrace or danger, they pursue it; and brought unto him a woman taken in adultery ; who, as some conjecture, might have been taken in it the day before, in one of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:4

They say unto him, Master ,.... They applied to him in a handsome and respectful manner, the better to cover their ill design: this woman was taken in adultery ; by two persons at least, who could be witnesses of it; otherwise the accusation was not legal; see Deuteronomy 19:15 ; though in the case of a wife suspected of adultery, they admitted a single witness as valid F6 Maimon. Hilchot Eduth, c. 5. sect. 2. : in the very act ; or "in the theft itself", for adultery is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:5

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should, be stoned ,.... Not in Leviticus 20:10 ; for though according to the law there, an adulteress, one that was a married woman, and so an adulterer, that was a married man, were to be put to death; yet the death was not stoning, but strangling; for it is a rule with the Jews F7 Maimon. Hilchot Issure Bia, c. 1. sect. 6. , that where death is simply mentioned (without restraining it to any particular kind) strangling is intended, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:3

A woman taken in adultery - Some of the popish writers say that her name was Susanna; that she was espoused to an old decrepid man, named Manasseh; that she died a saint in Spain, whither she had followed St. James. These accounts the judicious Calmet properly terms fables. It is allowed that adultery was exceedingly common at this time, so common that they had ceased to put the law in force against it. The waters of jealousy were no longer drunk, the culprits or those suspected of this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:5

That such should be stoned - It is not strictly true that Moses ordered adultery in general to be punished by stoning. The law simply says that the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. Leviticus 20:10 ; Deuteronomy 22:22 . The rabbins say they were strangled. This they affirm was the ordinary mode of punishment, where the species of death was not marked in the law, If the person guilty of an act of this kind had been betrothed, but not married, she was to be stoned: ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:3

Verse 3 3.And the scribes and Pharisees bring to him. It is plain enough that this passage was unknown anciently to the Greek Churches; and some conjecture that it has been brought from some other place and inserted here. But as it has always been received by the Latin Churches, and is found in many old Greek manuscripts, and contains nothing unworthy of an Apostolic Spirit, there is no reason why we should refuse to apply it to our advantage. When the Evangelist says that the scribes brought... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:1

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. This resort of our Lord is not elsewhere referred to in John's Gospel, although it was mentioned by St. Luke ( Luke 21:37 ; Luke 22:39 ) as the scene of the Lord's retirement during the nights of the last week of his life. John's mention of such a habit as this at an earlier period would in almost any other literature be regarded as mutual confirmation of the two documents, while the fact that "Bethany" lay on the opposite side of the hill, and the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:3

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:1

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