Neither do I condemn thee] i.e. to judicial punishment, such as your accusers demand. Our Lord's gentle dealing with the woman was due to His desire not to break the bruised reed. She had already suffered much, and (we may suppose) was bowed down under the burden of sin. He perceived that in her case a warning to sin no more would suffice: cp. Luke 7:36.

John 8:12 to John 10:21. The narrative of the Feast of Tabernacles (interrupted by the interpolated section John 7:52 to John 8:11) is resumed. The scene is the Temple (John 8:20), the time the last day of the feast (John 7:37).

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