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John 8

John 8:2

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:3

AND THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES BROUGHT UNTO HIM A WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY; AND WHEN THEY HAD SET HER IN THE MIDST,... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:6

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. The members of the Sanhedrin, after the excited discussion which broke up their meeting, went each one to his house. But Jesus, having no ho... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:7

SO WHEN THEY CONTINUED ASKING HIM, HE LIFTED UP HIMSELF, AND SAID UNTO THEM, HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN AMONG YOU, LET HIM FIRST CAST A STONE AT HER.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:9

AND THEY WHICH HEARD IT, BEING CONVICTED BY THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE, WENT OUT ONE BY ONE, BEGINNING AT THE ELDEST, EVEN UNTO THE LAST; AND JESUS WAS LEFT ALONE, AND THE WOMAN STANDING IN THE MIDST.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:10

WHEN JESUS HAD LIFTED UP HIMSELF, AND SAW NONE BUT THE WOMAN, HE SAID UNTO HER, WOMAN, WHERE ARE THOSE THINE ACCUSERS? HATH NO MAN CONDEMNED THEE?... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:11

SHE SAID, NO MAN, LORD. AND JESUS SAID UNTO HER, NEITHER DO I CONDEMN THEE; GO, AND SIN NO MORE. The fact that the Lord so pointedly ignored their question nettled the scribes and Pharisees. They persisted in their questioning; their importunity bordered on impudence. And so the Lord finally straigh... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:12

THEN SPAKE JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM, SAYING, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD; HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:14

JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, THOUGH I BEAR RECORD OF MYSELF, YET MY RECORD IS TRUE; FOR I KNOW WHENCE I CAME AND WHITHER I GO; BUT YE CANNOT TELL WHENCE I COME AND WHITHER I GO.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:16

AND YET IF I JUDGE, MY JUDGMENT IS TRUE; FOR I AM NOT ALONE, BUT I AND THE FATHER THAT SENT ME. After this incident of the woman and her accusers, Jesus was again at liberty to continue His teaching. The one company of Pharisees that had caused the interruption had left, but there were still some in... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:19

THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, WHERE IS THY FATHER? JESUS ANSWERED, YE NEITHER KNOW ME NOR MY FATHER; IF YE HAD KNOWN ME, YE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER ALSO.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:20

THESE WORDS SPAKE JESUS IN THE TREASURY, AS HE TAUGHT IN THE TEMPLE; AND NO MAN LAID HANDS ON HIM, FOR HIS HOUR WAS NOT YET COME. The Jews questioned the validity of Christ's testimony concerning Himself. But Jesus would have them consider that their own Law, upon which they were always harping, cam... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:21

THEN SAID JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM, I GO MY WAY, AND YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS; WHITHER I GO, YE CANNOT COME.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:24

I SAID THEREFORE UNTO YOU THAT YE SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS; FOR IF YE BELIEVE NOT THAT I AM HE, YES HALL DIE IN YOUR SINS.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:25

THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, WHO ART THOU? AND JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, EVEN THE SAME THAT I SAID UNTO YOU FROM THE BEGINNING.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:26

I HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY AND TO JUDGE OF YOU; BUT HE THAT SENT ME IS TRUE; AND I SPEAK TO THE WORLD THOSE THINGS WHICH I HAVE HEARD OF HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:27

THEY UNDERSTOOD NOT THAT HE SPAKE TO THEM OF THE FATHER. Jesus did not permit Himself to be disconcerted or in any way influenced by the enmity which was manifested in their bearing nor by the angry thoughts of their hearts, but continued His testimony, in the effort to make clear to them what the r... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:28

THEN SAID JESUS UNTO THEM, WHEN YE HAVE LIFTED UP THE SON OF MAN, THEN SHALL YE KNOW THAT I AM HE, AND THAT I DO NOTHING OF MYSELF; BUT AS MY FATHER HATH TAUGHT ME, I SPEAK THESE THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:29

AND HE THAT SENT ME IS WITH ME; THE FATHER HATH NOT LEFT ME ALONE; FOR I DO ALWAYS THOSE THINGS THAT PLEASE HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:30

AS HE SPAKE THESE WORDS, MANY BELIEVED ON HIM. In spite of all the enmity and the lack of understanding, the Lord continues to proclaim His message concerning Himself and His office in the world. He points forward to the great culmination of His labors in the world. The time would come that they wou... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:31

THEN SAID JESUS TO THOSE JEWS WHICH BELIEVED ON HIM, IF YE CONTINUE IN MY WORD, THEN ARE YE MY DISCIPLES INDEED;... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:33

THEY ANSWERED HIM, WE BE ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND WERE NEVER IN BONDAGE TO ANY MAN; HOW SAYEST THOU, YE SHALL BE MADE FREE? Many of the Jews had indeed come to faith, but their minds were still held in the bondage of a carnal understanding. Their idea of discipleship was that of an external adherence to... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:38

I SPEAK THAT WHICH I HAVE SEEN WITH, MY FATHER; AND YE DO THAT WHICH YE HAVE SEEN WITH YOUR FATHER. In a very solemn manner, Jesus here proceeds to explain His statement regarding slavery or bondage. Every doer of sin is a slave of sin. He that commits a sin thereby places himself in its power, is b... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:39

THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER. JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, IF YE WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN, YE WOULD DO THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:40

BUT NOW YE SEEK TO KILL ME, A MAN THAT HATH TOLD YOU THE TRUTH, WHICH I HAVE HEARD OF GOD; THIS DID NOT ABRAHAM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:41

YE DO THE DEEDS OF YOUR FATHER. THEN SAID THEY TO HIM, WE BE NOT BORN OF FORNICATION; WE HAVE ONE FATHER, EVEN GOD. Whether the Jews would not or could not understand the words of Jesus is not apparent. But they sullenly, doggedly repeat their statement that Abraham was their father, their ancestor,... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:42

JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER, YE WOULD LOVE ME; FOR I PROCEEDED FORTH AND CAME FROM GOD; NEITHER CAME I OF MYSELF, BUT HE SENT ME.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:44

YE ARE OF YOUR FATHER, THE DEVIL, AND THE LUSTS OF YOUR FATHER YE WILL DO. HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, AND ABODE NOT IN THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. WHEN HE SPEAKETH A LIE, HE SPEAKETH OF HIS OWN; FOR HE IS A LIAR, AND THE FATHER OF IT.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:47

HE THAT IS OF GOD HEARETH GOD'S WORDS; YE THEREFORE HEAR THEM NOT BECAUSE YE ARE NOT OF GOD. The Jews had vehemently repudiated the idea of their being idolaters and had just as emphatically insisted that they were children of God, that they belonged to God's house as children. But Jesus now shows t... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:51

VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING, HE SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH. The frank argument of Jesus struck deeply, it cut the proud Jews to the quick. And they could not gainsay His words, their conscience was forced to admit their truth. And so they took recourse to jeering and abuse. Th... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:52

THEN SAID THE JEWS UNTO HIM, NOW WE KNOW THAT THOU HAST A DEVIL. ABRAHAM IS DEAD, AND THE PROPHETS; AND THOU SAYEST, IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING, HE SHALL NEVER TASTE OF DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:53

ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, WHICH IS DEAD? AND THE PROPHETS ARE DEAD. WHOM MAKEST THOU THYSELF?... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:54

JESUS ANSWERED, IF I HONOR MYSELF, MY HONOR IS NOTHING; IT IS MY FATHER THAT HONORETH ME; OF WHOM YE SAY THAT HE IS YOUR GOD;... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:55

YET YE HAVE NOT KNOWN HIM. BUT I KNOW HIM; AND IF I SHOULD SAY, I KNOW HIM NOT, I SHALL BE A LIAR LIKE UNTO YOU; BUT I KNOW HIM, AND KEEP HIS SAYING.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:59

THEN TOOK THEY UP STONES TO CAST AT HIM; BUT. JESUS HID HIMSELF, AND WENT OUT OF THE TEMPLE, GOING THROUGH THE MIDST OF THEM, AND SO PASSED BY. The saying of Jesus that the believer in Him was sure of obtaining eternal life was beyond the comprehension of the Jews. And it increased their anger and r... [ Continue Reading ]

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