Godet's Commentary on Selected Books
John 8:1-2
John 8:1-2. A striking analogy to the Synoptic narrative, both in the matter and the form; comp. Luke 21:38.
John 8:1-2. A striking analogy to the Synoptic narrative, both in the matter and the form; comp. Luke 21:38.
CHAPTER VIII. _The story of the woman taken in adultery_, 1-11. _Jesus declares himself the light of the world_, 12. _The Pharisees cavil_, 13. _Jesus answers, and shows his authority_, 14-20. He...
MOUNT OF OLIVES - The mountain about a mile directly east of Jerusalem. See the notes at Matthew 21:1. This was the place in which he probably often passed the night when attending the feasts at Jerus...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
PERICOPE ADULTERS. JOHN 7:53 TO JOHN 8:11. JESUS AND THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SIN. The well-known story of the woman taken in adultery has no claim to be regarded as part of the original text of this gos...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
And each of them went to his own house; but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he was again in the Temple precincts, and all the people came to him. He sat down and went on teachi...
JESUS. But Jesus. Connecting John 8:1 with Joh 7:63. See App-98. UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104....
_the mount of Olives_ S. John nowhere mentions the Mount of Olives (comp. John 18:1), and when he mentions a new place he commonly adds an explanation: John 1:44; John 4:5; John 5:2;
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
ΤῸ ὌΡΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ν Ἐ. The M. of Olives, which is mentioned 10 times by the Synoptists, is not mentioned by S. John (comp. John 18:1); and when he introduces a new place he commonly adds an explanation: John...
1–11. The number of various readings in this section is very large, and we have not the data for constructing a satisfactory text....
Ver. Jesus went to the mount of Olives. 2. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3. And the Scribes and Pharisees br...
_GO AND SIN NO MORE -- JOHN 8:1-11:_ Jesus spent the night in Mount Olives. Early the next morning the people were waiting for Him in the Temple. He did not disappoint them. He came to the Temple, sat...
ΈΠΟΡΕΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. Обобщ. _aor._ рассматривает путешествие как единое целое....
See the chapter comments for John 8:1-59....
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:1-11 We begin with the customary Analysis:— In this series of expositions of John’s Gospel we have sedulously avoided technical matters, preferring to confine...
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. The genuineness of this narrative-including the last verse of the foregoing chapter-will be best considered after the exposition. JESUS [IT SHOULD BE, 'BUT JES...
41 Ever since the days of Moses the nation of Israel has been waiting for the Prophet Who was to be like him, and lead the nation out of worse than Egyptian bondage into the heritage of the kingdom. T...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
VIII. (1) It is an instructive example of the way in which the artificial division into Chapter s often mars the sense. that one verse of this section is found at the close of the last chapter, and t...
CHAPTER 17 THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY. “And they went every man unto his own house: but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the peopl...
καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕκαστος … The position of these words almost necessitates the understanding that the members of the Sanhedrim are referred to. But in this case the contrast conveyed in the next clause, Ἰ...
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 to...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
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...
CHAPTER 3 THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN John 8:1-11. I merely insert this caption through courtesy to the English reader; but will be excused from the exposition, as this item is entirely absent from the orig...
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...
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 es...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
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,...
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. Ver. 1. _Jesus went unto the mount of Olives_] His usual oratory. There he prayed by night, and then early in the morning he came again into the temple to preach....
_Jesus went unto the mount of Olives_ Went to lodge there, that he might be out of the reach of his enemies, and that in retirement he might, by secret converse with his heavenly Father, be animated t...
MOUNT OF OLIVES; Matthew 22:1....
THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY. The arraignment of the guilty woman:...
JESUS WENT INTO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES....
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
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 s...
JOHN CHAPTER 8 1 THESSALONIANS 8:1 Christ letteth go uncondemned the woman taken in adultery. 1 THESSALONIANS 8:12 He declareth himself to be the light of the world, and justifieth his doctrine agains...
John 8:1 But G1161 Jesus G2424 went G4198 (G5675) to G1519 Mount G3735 Olives G1636...
‘And they went every man to his own house but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives'. This proposed closure of the previous section clearly reflects the contrast between the One who goes aside to pray and...
The almost unanimous voice of modem criticism pronounces the narrative before us to be no genuine part of the Gospel of John. The section is wanting in the oldest and most trustworthy MSS. of the Gosp...
John 8:1. BUT JESUS WENT UNTO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. No mention is made of the Mount of Olives in any other passage of the Fourth Gospel, but it is more than once spoken of in the Gospel of Luke as a pl...
BUT JESUS WENT (Ιησους δε επορευθη). Same deponent use of πορευομα as in John 7:53 and in contrast to the Sanhedrin's conduct, though it seems "pointless" (Dods). Apparently Jesus was lodging in th...
JESUS (John 7:53-8); (John 7:11); is not found in some of the most ancient manuscripts. Augustine declares that it was stricken from many copies of the sacred story because of a prudish fear that it...
John 7:53. _And every man went unto his own house_. John 8:1. _Jesus went unto the mount of Olives._ That is, as every man went to his own house to rest, so Jesus found rest in secret prayer on the...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
THEN EVERYONE WENT HOME. [This section about the Woman Caught in Adultery is omitted by most ancient manuscripts, and some that contain it place it in chapter 21. However, it is in both the Old Latin...
_Jesus went to the Mount of Olives_ THE HABITS OF JESUS At the close of the day Jesus withdrew to the Mount of Olives, and it is interesting to trace in Him once more that dislike of crowded cities,...
1-59 CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives._ On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Pharisees, while they, after their wont, returned home t...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:1. For the general exposition of this section see Homiletic Notes, pp. 233–235. John 7:2. EARLY IN THE MORNING (ὄρθρου).—St. John’s usual word is πρωῒ (John 20...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
Luke 19:37; Mark 11:1; Mark 13:3; Matthew 21:1...
The foregoing chapter gave us an account of. most excellent sermon, which our Saviour preached in the temple, at the feast of tabernacles. Now the feast being ended, Jesus did not tarry in the city al...