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John 8 shows how the Lord Jesus exposed the dishonesty of the Jews. They arrested an adulterous woman. Where was the man? The law required he also be arrested (Deuteronomy 22:24). The Pharisees said the woman was taken “in the very act”. So where was the man? Or was it one of them!
What did the Lord write on the earth (v6, v8)? The day before, was the last day of the feast when a waterpot was carried through the temple. The Lord Jesus referred to this (John 7:37,38).
Finally in ch 9:9 they “were convicted by their own conscience” and left, withdrawing the charge. The answer is in Jeremiah 17. In verse v10 we are told that God searches the heart. In v15: “O Yahweh, the hope of Israel all that forsake you shall be ashamed; they that depart from me shall be written in the earth because they have forsaken Yahweh, the fountain of living waters” (John 7:38) As a result of the discussion between Pharisees and the officers, they planned the approach to the Lord in John 8.
Beulah Edwards [Christchurch West New Zealand] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Beulah
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1. Now when Solomon <8010> had made an end <3615>(8763) of praying <6419>(8692), the fire <784> came down <3381>(8804) from heaven <8064>, and consumed <398>(8799) the burnt offering <5930> and the sacrifices <2077>; and the glory <3519> of the LORD <3068> filled <4390>(8804) the house <1004>.
2. And the priests <3548> could <3201>(8804) not enter <935>(8800) into the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, because the glory <3519> of the LORD <3068> had filled <4390>(8804) the LORD'S <3068> house <1004>.
3. And when all the children <1121> of Israel <3478> saw <7200>(8802) how the fire <784> came down <3381>(8800), and the glory <3519> of the LORD <3068> upon the house <1004>, they bowed <3766>(8799) themselves with their faces <639> to the ground <776> upon the pavement <7531>, and worshipped <7812>(8691), and praised <3034>(8687) the LORD <3068>, saying, For he is good <2896>; for his mercy <2617> endureth for ever <5769>.
4. Then the king <4428> and all the people <5971> offered <2076>(8802) sacrifices <2077> before <6440> the LORD <3068>.
5. And king <4428> Solomon <8010> offered <2076>(8799) a sacrifice <2077> of twenty <6242> and two <8147> thousand <505> oxen <1241>, and an hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> thousand <505> sheep <6629>: so the king <4428> and all the people <5971> dedicated <2596>(8799) the house <1004> of God <430>.
6. And the priests <3548> waited <5975>(8802) on their offices <4931>: the Levites <3881> also with instruments <3627> of musick <7892> of the LORD <3068>, which David <1732> the king <4428> had made <6213>(8804) to praise <3034>(8687) the LORD <3068>, because his mercy <2617> endureth for ever <5769>, when David <1732> praised <1984>(8763) by their ministry <3027>; and the priests <3548> sounded trumpets <2690>(8688)(8675) <2690>(8764) before them, and all Israel <3478> stood <5975>(8802).
7. Moreover Solomon <8010> hallowed <6942>(8762) the middle <8432> of the court <2691> that was before <6440> the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>: for there he offered <6213>(8804) burnt offerings <5930>, and the fat <2459> of the peace offerings <8002>, because the brasen <5178> altar <4196> which Solomon <8010> had made <6213>(8804) was not able <3201>(8804) to receive <3557>(8687) the burnt offerings <5930>, and the meat offerings <4503>, and the fat <2459>.
8. Also at the same time <6256> Solomon <8010> kept <6213>(8799) the feast <2282> seven <7651> days <3117>, and all Israel <3478> with him, a very <3966> great <1419> congregation <6951>, from the entering in <935>(8800) of Hamath <2574> unto the river <5158> of Egypt <4714>.
9. And in the eighth <8066> day <3117> they made <6213>(8799) a solemn assembly <6116>: for they kept <6213>(8804) the dedication <2598> of the altar <4196> seven <7651> days <3117>, and the feast <2282> seven <7651> days <3117>.
10. And on the three <7969> and twentieth <6242> day <3117> of the seventh <7637> month <2320> he sent <7971> <0> the people <5971> away <7971>(8765) into their tents <168>, glad <8056> and merry <2896> in heart <3820> for the goodness <2896> that the LORD <3068> had shewed <6213>(8804) unto David <1732>, and to Solomon <8010>, and to Israel <3478> his people <5971>.
11. Thus Solomon <8010> finished <3615>(8762) the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and the king's <4428> house <1004>: and all that came <935>(8802) into Solomon's <8010> heart <3820> to make <6213>(8800) in the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>, and in his own house <1004>, he prosperously effected <6743>(8689).
12. And the LORD <3068> appeared <7200>(8735) to Solomon <8010> by night <3915>, and said <559>(8799) unto him, I have heard <8085>(8804) thy prayer <8605>, and have chosen <977>(8804) this place <4725> to myself for an house <1004> of sacrifice <2077>.
13. If <2005> I shut up <6113>(8799) heaven <8064> that there be no rain <4306>, or if I command <6680>(8762) the locusts <2284> to devour <398>(8800) the land <776>, or if I send <7971>(8762) pestilence <1698> among my people <5971>;
14. If my people <5971>, which are called <7121>(8738) by my name <8034>, shall humble <3665>(8735) themselves, and pray <6419>(8691), and seek <1245>(8762) my face <6440>, and turn <7725>(8799) from their wicked <7451> ways <1870>; then will I hear <8085>(8799) from heaven <8064>, and will forgive <5545>(8799) their sin <2403>, and will heal <7495>(8799) their land <776>.
15. Now mine eyes <5869> shall be open <6605>(8803), and mine ears <241> attent <7183> unto the prayer <8605> that is made in this place <4725>.
16. For now have I chosen <977>(8804) and sanctified <6942>(8689) this house <1004>, that my name <8034> may be there for <5704> ever <5769>: and mine eyes <5869> and mine heart <3820> shall be there perpetually <3117>.
17. And as for thee, if thou wilt walk <3212>(8799) before <6440> me, as David <1732> thy father <1> walked <1980>(8804), and do <6213>(8800) according to all that I have commanded <6680>(8765) thee, and shalt observe <8104>(8799) my statutes <2706> and my judgments <4941>;
18. Then will I stablish <6965>(8689) the throne <3678> of thy kingdom <4438>, according as I have covenanted <3772>(8804) with David <1732> thy father <1>, saying <559>(8800), There shall not fail <3772>(8735) thee a man <376> to be ruler <4910>(8802) in Israel <3478>.
19. But if ye turn away <7725>(8799), and forsake <5800>(8804) my statutes <2708> and my commandments <4687>, which I have set <5414>(8804) before <6440> you, and shall go <1980>(8804) and serve <5647>(8804) other <312> gods <430>, and worship <7812>(8694) them;
20. Then will I pluck them up by the roots <5428>(8804) out of my land <127> which I have given <5414>(8804) them; and this house <1004>, which I have sanctified <6942>(8689) for my name <8034>, will I cast out <7993>(8686) of my sight <6440>, and will make <5414>(8799) it to be a proverb <4912> and a byword <8148> among all nations <5971>.
21. And this house <1004>, which is high <5945>, shall be an astonishment <8074>(8799) to every one that passeth <5674>(8802) by it; so that he shall say <559>(8804), Why hath the LORD <3068> done <6213>(8804) thus unto this land <776>, and unto this house <1004>?
22. And it shall be answered <559>(8804), Because they forsook <5800>(8804) the LORD <3068> God <430> of their fathers <1>, which brought them forth <3318>(8689) out of the land <776> of Egypt <4714>, and laid hold <2388>(8686) on other <312> gods <430>, and worshipped <7812>(8691) them, and served <5647>(8799) them: therefore hath he brought <935>(8689) all this evil <7451> upon them.
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1. Then he brought me forth <3318>(8686) into the utter <2435> court <2691>, the way toward <1870> the north <6828>: and he brought <935>(8686) me into the chamber <3957> that was over against the separate place <1508>, and which was before the building <1146> toward the north <6828>.
2. Before <6440> the length <753> of an hundred <3967> cubits <520> was the north <6828> door <6607>, and the breadth <7341> was fifty <2572> cubits <520>.
3. Over against the twenty <6242> cubits which were for the inner <6442> court <2691>, and over against the pavement <7531> which was for the utter <2435> court <2691>, was gallery <862> against <6440> gallery <862> in three <7992> stories.
4. And before <6440> the chambers <3957> was a walk <4109> of ten <6235> cubits <520> breadth <7341> inward <6442>, a way <1870> of one <259> cubit <520>; and their doors <6607> toward the north <6828>.
5. Now the upper <5945> chambers <3957> were shorter <7114>(8803): for the galleries <862> were higher <398>(8799) than these <2007>, than the lower <8481>, and than the middlemost <8484> of the building <1146>.
6. For they were in three <8027>(8794) stories, but had not pillars <5982> as the pillars <5982> of the courts <2691>: therefore the building was straitened <680>(8738) more than the lowest <8481> and the middlemost <8484> from the ground <776>.
7. And the wall <1447> that was without <2351> over against <5980> the chambers <3957>, toward <1870> the utter <2435> court <2691> on the forepart <6440> of the chambers <3957>, the length <753> thereof was fifty <2572> cubits <520>.
8. For the length <753> of the chambers <3957> that were in the utter <2435> court <2691> was fifty <2572> cubits <520>: and, lo, before <6440> the temple <1964> were an hundred <3967> cubits <520>.
9. And from under these chambers <3957> was the entry <3996>(8675) <935>(8688) on the east side <6921>, as one goeth <935>(8800) into them <2007> from the utter <2435> court <2691>.
10. The chambers <3957> were in the thickness <7341> of the wall <1444> of the court <2691> toward <1870> the east <6921>, over against <6440> the separate place <1508>, and over against <6440> the building <1146>.
11. And the way <1870> before <6440> them was like the appearance <4758> of the chambers <3957> which were toward <1870> the north <6828>, as long as <753> they, and as broad as <3651> <7341> they: and all their goings out <4161> were both according to their fashions <4941>, and according to their doors <6607>.
12. And according to the doors <6607> of the chambers <3957> that were toward <1870> the south <1864> was a door <6607> in the head <7218> of the way <1870>, even the way <1870> directly <1903> before <6440> the wall <1448> toward <1870> the east <6921>, as one entereth <935>(8800) into them.
13. Then said <559>(8799) he unto me, The north <6828> chambers <3957> and the south <1864> chambers <3957>, which are before <6440> the separate place <1508>, they be holy <6944> chambers <3957>, where the priests <3548> that approach <7138> unto the LORD <3068> shall eat <398>(8799) the most <6944> holy things <6944>: there shall they lay <3240>(8686) the most <6944> holy things <6944>, and the meat offering <4503>, and the sin offering <2403>, and the trespass offering <817>; for the place <4725> is holy <6918>.
14. When the priests <3548> enter <935>(8800) therein, then shall they not go out <3318>(8799) of the holy <6944> place into the utter <2435> court <2691>, but there they shall lay <3240>(8686) their garments <899> wherein they minister <8334>(8762); for they are holy <6944>; and shall put <3847>(8804)(8675) <3847>(8799) on other <312> garments <899>, and shall approach <7126>(8804) to those things which are for the people <5971>.
15. Now when he had made an end <3615>(8765) of measuring <4060> the inner <6442> house <1004>, he brought me forth <3318>(8689) toward <1870> the gate <8179> whose prospect <6440> is toward <1870> the east <6921>, and measured <4058>(8804) it round about <5439>.
16. He measured <4058>(8804) the east <6921> side <7307> with the measuring <4060> reed <7070>, five <2568>(8675) <520> hundred <3967> reeds <7070>, with the measuring <4060> reed <7070> round about <5439>.
17. He measured <4058>(8804) the north <6828> side <7307>, five <2568> hundred <3967> reeds <7070>, with the measuring <4060> reed <7070> round about <5439>.
18. He measured <4058>(8804) the south <1864> side <7307>, five <2568> hundred <3967> reeds <7070>, with the measuring <4060> reed <7070>.
19. He turned about <5437>(8804) to the west <3220> side <7307>, and measured <4058>(8804) five <2568> hundred <3967> reeds <7070> with the measuring <4060> reed <7070>.
20. He measured <4058>(8804) it by the four <702> sides <7307>: it had a wall <2346> round about <5439>, five <2568> hundred <3967> reeds long <753>, and five <2568> hundred <3967> broad <7341>, to make a separation <914>(8687) between the sanctuary <6944> and the profane place <2455>.
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JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED
It was a 1st principal of Jesus that only the man who himself is without fault has the right to express judgment on the fault of others. Only God has the right to judge. When we are confronted with someone who has made a mistake, our feeling ought to be, what can I do to help. We should feel sorry for people that lack the insight of the ways of God, and show compassionate pity as we would wish to be extended to us in the same situation. Jesus's attitude to the sinner involved a number of things:
a) It involved a 2nd chance- Jesus was always intensely interested, not only what a person had been, but also in what a person could be
b) It involved pity - Jesus knew the thrill of exercising the power to forgive
c) It involved a challenge - Jesus confronts the bad life with the challenge of the good
d) It involves warning - God's word provides a clear path in this direction. We must provide a clear path for people to learn to effectively read God's word and see the light for themselves. This story is unfinished, for every life is unfinished until it stands before GOD.
Peter Dulis [toronto west] Comment added in 2006 Reply to Peter
John 8:56 Jesus was able to say of Abraham that "he rejoiced to see my day and he saw it and was glad" because through the eye of his faith he saw in the ram caught by it's horns in the thicket, the sacrifice of the Lord's providing - the Lord Jesus Christ. Abraham's experience of the test of his faith enabled him to see beyond his day to the ministry of the Jesus. The Genesis record highlights for us the sight of Abraham.
Gen 22:4“on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off.” God directed Abraham to the place where the sacrifice of his “only son” (verse 2) was to take place.
Gen 22:13 “Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked…”. Abraham saw the ram the sacrifice of the Lord’s providing. How glad he must have been to see this sacrifice provided.
Gen 22:14 “called the place Jehovah-jireh…in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.”
Abraham had seen and understood that the Lord was to provide a sacrifice and would provide the one through whom all nations would ultimately be blessed. Like Isaac and Jacob and the faithful of all the ages, he saw the promises afar off (Heb 11:13).
Peter Moore [Erith, UK] Comment added in 2012 Reply to Peter
6:12 The gathering up of the fragments of food that remained that it “nothing be lost” is yet another quotation - Eze 34:12 – remember we have seen a number of other quotations form this area of Eze 34. The Holy Spirit through John is building a comprehensive picture of how Jesus did that which the Jewish leaders did not do and so is presenting Jesus as the good shepherd of Eze 34:23.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2016 Reply to Peter
v7 What did Jesus mean when he apparently implied that only sinless people can execute capital punishment? No one is sinless, so all death sentences under the Law of Moses would be impossible to carry out if only sinless people could perform them. Jesus likely meant "Let him who is without sin in this matter, among you accusers, be the first to throw a stone at her". He was calling their bluff. They strongly suspected Jesus had special powers (John 3:2) and Jesus hinted that he knew of their sinful involvement in this tawdry scheme. The woman had probably been secretly set up by the accusers to commit adultery, the other party to the adultery had been complicit in this scheme and protected by them. He was therefore not dragged in front of Jesus. So if they proceeded further in trying to humiliate Jesus, Jesus could expose their sinful involvement in this scheme in front of the crowd. They feared humiliation and defeat by Jesus. So they slinked away one by one, rather than face withering humiliation in front of the very people they were trying to turn against Jesus. With their accusers gone, there was no case to answer (vv 10,11) so the woman was not condemned, but gently told to repent.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2021 Reply to Bruce
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1. <1161> Jesus <2424> went <4198>(5675) unto <1519> the mount <3735> of Olives <1636>.
2. And <1161> early in the morning <3722> he came <3854>(5633) again <3825> into <1519> the temple <2411>, and <2532> all <3956> the people <2992> came <2064>(5711) unto <4314> him <846>; and <2532> he sat down <2523>(5660), and taught <1321>(5707) them <846>.
3. And <1161> the scribes <1122> and <2532> Pharisees <5330> brought <71>(5719) unto <4314> him <846> a woman <1135> taken <2638>(5772) in <1722> adultery <3430>; and <2532> when they had set <2476>(5660) her <846> in <1722> the midst <3319>,
4. They say <3004>(5719) unto him <846>, Master <1320>, this <3778> woman <1135> was taken <2638>(5681) in adultery <3431>(5746), in the very act <1888>.
5. Now <1161> Moses <3475> in <1722> the law <3551> commanded <1781>(5662) us <2254>, that such <5108> should be stoned <3036>(5745): but <3767> what <5101> sayest <3004>(5719) thou <4771>?
6. <1161> This <5124> they said <3004>(5707), tempting <3985>(5723) him <846>, that <2443> they might have <2192>(5725) to accuse <2723>(5721) him <846>. But <1161> Jesus <2424> stooped <2955>(5660) down <2736>, and with his finger <1147> wrote <1125>(5707) on <1519> the ground <1093>, as though he heard <4364>(5740) them not <3361>.
7. So <1161> when <5613> they continued <1961>(5707) asking <2065>(5723) him <846>, he lifted up himself <352>(5660), and said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, He that is without sin <361> among you <5216>, let him <906> <0> first <4413> cast <906>(5628) a stone <3037> at <1909> her <846>.
8. And <2532> again <3825> he stooped <2955>(5660) down <2736>, and wrote <1125>(5707) on <1519> the ground <1093>.
9. And <1161> they which heard <191>(5660) it, <2532> being convicted <1651>(5746) by <5259> their own conscience <4893>, went out <1831>(5711) one by one <1527>, beginning <756>(5671) at <575> the eldest <4245>, even unto <2193> the last <2078>: and <2532> Jesus <2424> was left <2641>(5681) alone <3441>, and <2532> the woman <1135> standing <2476>(5761) in <1722> the midst <3319>.
10. When <1161> Jesus <2424> had lifted up himself <352>(5660), and <2532> saw <2300>(5666) none <3367> but <4133> the woman <1135>, he said <2036>(5627) unto her <846>, Woman <1135>, where <4226> are <1526>(5748) those <1565> thine <4675> accusers <2725>? hath <2632> <0> no man <3762> condemned <2632>(5656) thee <4571>?
11. <1161> She said <2036>(5627), No man <3762>, Lord <2962>. And <1161> Jesus <2424> said <2036>(5627) unto her <846>, Neither <3761> do <2632> <0> I <1473> condemn <2632>(5719) thee <4571>: go <4198>(5737), and <2532> sin <264>(5720) no more <3371>.
12. Then <3767> spake <2980>(5656) Jesus <2424> again <3825> unto them <846>, saying <3004>(5723), I <1473> am <1510>(5748) the light <5457> of the world <2889>: he that followeth <190>(5723) me <1698> shall <4043> <0> not <3364> walk <4043>(5692) in <1722> darkness <4653>, but <235> shall have <2192>(5692) the light <5457> of life <2222>.
13. The Pharisees <5330> therefore <3767> said <2036>(5627) unto him <846>, Thou <4771> bearest record <3140>(5719) of <4012> thyself <4572>; thy <4675> record <3141> is <2076>(5748) not <3756> true <227>.
14. Jesus <2424> answered <611>(5662) and <2532> said <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, Though <2579> I <1473> bear record <3140>(5725) of <4012> myself <1683>, yet my <3450> record <3141> is <2076>(5748) true <227>: for <3754> I know <1492>(5758) whence <4159> I came <2064>(5627), and <2532> whither <4226> I go <5217>(5719); but <1161> ye <5210> cannot <3756> tell <1492>(5758) whence <4159> I come <2064>(5736), and <2532> whither <4226> I go <5217>(5719).
15. Ye <5210> judge <2919>(5719) after <2596> the flesh <4561>; I <1473> judge <2919>(5719) no <3756> man <3762>.
16. And <1161> yet <2532> if <1437> I <1473> judge <2919>(5725), my <1699> judgment <2920> is <2076>(5748) true <227>: for <3754> I am <1510>(5748) not <3756> alone <3441>, but <235> I <1473> and <2532> the Father <3962> that sent <3992>(5660) me <3165>.
17. <2532> It is <1125> <0> also <1161> written <1125>(5769) in <1722> your <5212> law <3551>, that <3754> the testimony <3141> of two <1417> men <444> is <2076>(5748) true <227>.
18. I <1473> am <1510>(5748) one that bear witness <3140>(5723) of <4012> myself <1683>, and <2532> the Father <3962> that sent <3992>(5660) me <3165> beareth witness <3140>(5719) of <4012> me <1700>.
19. Then <3767> said they <3004>(5707) unto him <846>, Where <4226> is <2076>(5748) thy <4675> Father <3962>? Jesus <2424> answered <611>(5662), Ye <1492> <0> neither <3777> know <1492>(5758) me <1691>, nor <3777> my <3450> Father <3962>: if <1487> ye had known <1492>(5715) me <1691>, <2532> ye should have known <1492>(5715) my <3450> Father <3962> also <302>.
20. These <5023> words <4487> spake <2980>(5656) Jesus <2424> in <1722> the treasury <1049>, as he taught <1321>(5723) in <1722> the temple <2411>: and <2532> no man <3762> laid hands <4084>(5656) on him <846>; for <3754> his <846> hour <5610> was <2064> <0> not yet <3768> come <2064>(5715).
21. Then <3767> said <2036>(5627) Jesus <2424> again <3825> unto them <846>, I <1473> go my way <5217>(5719), and <2532> ye shall seek <2212>(5692) me <3165>, and <2532> shall die <599>(5695) in <1722> your <5216> sins <266>: whither <3699> I <1473> go <5217>(5719), ye <5210> cannot <3756> <1410>(5736) come <2064>(5629).
22. Then <3767> said <3004>(5707) the Jews <2453>, Will he kill <3385> <615>(5692) himself <1438>? because <3754> he saith <3004>(5719), Whither <3699> I <1473> go <5217>(5719), ye <5210> cannot <3756> <1410>(5736) come <2064>(5629).
23. And <2532> he said <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, Ye <5210> are <2075>(5748) from <1537> beneath <2736>; I <1473> am <1510>(5748) from <1537> above <507>: ye <5210> are <2075>(5748) of <1537> this <5127> world <2889>; I <1473> am <1510>(5748) not <3756> of <1537> this <5127> world <2889>.
24. I said <2036>(5627) therefore <3767> unto you <5213>, that <3754> ye shall die <599>(5695) in <1722> your <5216> sins <266>: for <1063> if <3362> <0> ye believe <4100>(5661) not <3362> that <3754> I <1473> am <1510>(5748) he, ye shall die <599>(5695) in <1722> your <5216> sins <266>.
25. Then <3767> said they <3004>(5707) unto him <846>, Who <5101> art <1488>(5748) thou <4771>? And <2532> Jesus <2424> saith <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, Even <3748> <2532> the same that I said <2980>(5719) unto you <5213> from the beginning <746>.
26. I have <2192>(5719) many things <4183> to say <2980>(5721) and <2532> to judge <2919>(5721) of <4012> you <5216>: but <235> he that sent <3992>(5660) me <3165> is <2076>(5748) true <227>; and I <2504> speak <3004>(5719) to <1519> the world <2889> those things <5023> which <3739> I have heard <191>(5656) of <3844> him <846>.
27. They understood <1097>(5627) not <3756> that <3754> he spake <3004>(5707) to them <846> of the Father <3962>.
28. Then <5119> said <2036>(5627) Jesus <2424> unto them <846>, When <3752> ye have lifted up <5312>(5661) the Son <5207> of man <444>, then <3767> shall ye know <1097>(5695) that <3754> I <1473> am <1510>(5748) he, and <2532> that I do <4160>(5719) nothing <3762> of <575> myself <1683>; but <235> as <2531> my <3450> Father <3962> hath taught <1321>(5656) me <3165>, I speak <2980>(5719) these things <5023>.
29. And <2532> he that sent <3992>(5660) me <3165> is <2076>(5748) with <3326> me <1700>: the Father <3962> hath <863> <0> not <3756> left <863>(5656) me <3165> alone <3441>; for <3754> I <1473> do <4160>(5719) always <3842> those things that please <701> him <846>.
30. As he spake <2980>(5723) these words <5023>, many <4183> believed <4100>(5656) on <1519> him <846>.
31. Then <3767> said <3004>(5707) Jesus <2424> to <4314> those Jews <2453> which <3588> believed <4100>(5761) on him <846>, If <1437> ye <5210> continue <3306>(5661) in <1722> my <1699> word <3056>, then are ye <2075>(5748) my <3450> disciples <3101> indeed <230>;
32. And <2532> ye shall know <1097>(5695) the truth <225>, and <2532> the truth <225> shall make <1659> <0> you <5209> free <1659>(5692).
33. They answered <611>(5662) him <846>, We be <2070>(5748) Abraham's <11> seed <4690>, and <2532> were <1398> <0> never <4455> in bondage <1398>(5758) to any man <3762>: how <4459> sayest <3004>(5719) thou <4771>, <3754> Ye shall be made <1096>(5695) free <1658>?
34. Jesus <2424> answered <611>(5662) them <846>, Verily <281>, verily <281>, I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, <3754> Whosoever <3956> committeth <4160>(5723) sin <266> is <2076>(5748) the servant <1401> of sin <266>.
35. And <1161> the servant <1401> abideth <3306>(5719) not <3756> in <1722> the house <3614> for <1519> ever <165>: but the Son <5207> abideth <3306>(5719) <1519> ever <165>.
36. If <1437> the Son <5207> therefore <3767> shall make <1659> <0> you <5209> free <1659>(5661), ye shall be <2071>(5704) free <1658> indeed <3689>.
37. I know <1492>(5758) that <3754> ye are <2075>(5748) Abraham's <11> seed <4690>; but <235> ye seek <2212>(5719) to kill <615>(5658) me <3165>, because <3754> my <1699> word <3056> hath <5562> <0> no <3756> place <5562>(5719) in <1722> you <5213>.
38. I <1473> speak <2980>(5719) that which <3739> I have seen <3708>(5758) with <3844> my <3450> Father <3962>: and <2532> ye <5210> do <4160>(5719) that <3767> which <3739> ye have seen <3708>(5758) with <3844> your <5216> father <3962>.
39. They answered <611>(5662) and <2532> said <2036>(5627) unto him <846>, Abraham <11> is <2076>(5748) our <2257> father <3962>. Jesus <2424> saith <3004>(5719) unto them <846>, If <1487> ye were <2258>(5713) Abraham's <11> children <5043>, ye would do <4160>(5707) <302> the works <2041> of Abraham <11>.
40. But <1161> now <3568> ye seek <2212>(5719) to kill <615>(5658) me <3165>, a man <444> that <3739> hath told <2980>(5758) you <5213> the truth <225>, which <3739> I have heard <191>(5656) of <3844> God <2316>: this <5124> did <4160>(5656) not <3756> Abraham <11>.
41. Ye <5210> do <4160>(5719) the deeds <2041> of your <5216> father <3962>. Then <3767> said they <2036>(5627) to him <846>, We <2249> be <1080> <0> not <3756> born <1080>(5769) of <1537> fornication <4202>; we have <2192>(5719) one <1520> Father <3962>, even God <2316>.
42. Jesus <2424> <3767> said <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, If <1487> God <2316> were <2258>(5713) your <5216> Father <3962>, ye would <302> love <25>(5707) me <1691>: for <1063> I <1473> proceeded forth <1831>(5627) and <2532> came <2240>(5719) from <1537> God <2316>; neither <3761> <1063> came I <2064>(5754) of <575> myself <1683>, but <235> he <1565> sent <649>(5656) me <3165>.
43. Why <1302> do ye <1097> <0> not <3756> understand <1097>(5719) my <1699> speech <2981>? even because <3754> ye cannot <3756> <1410>(5736) hear <191>(5721) my <1699> word <3056>.
44. Ye <5210> are <2075>(5748) of <1537> your father <3962> the devil <1228>, and <2532> the lusts <1939> of your <5216> father <3962> ye will <2309>(5719) do <4160>(5721). He <1565> was <2258>(5713) a murderer <443> from <575> the beginning <746>, and <2532> abode <2476>(5707)(5758) not <3756> in <1722> the truth <225>, because <3754> there is <2076>(5748) no <3756> truth <225> in <1722> him <846>. When <3752> he speaketh <2980>(5725) a lie <5579>, he speaketh <2980>(5719) of <1537> his own <2398>: for <3754> he is <2076>(5748) a liar <5583>, and <2532> the father <3962> of it <846>.
45. And <1161> because <3754> I <1473> tell <3004>(5719) you the truth <225>, ye believe <4100>(5719) me <3427> not <3756>.
46. Which <5101> of <1537> you <5216> convinceth <1651>(5719) me <3165> of <4012> sin <266>? And <1161> if <1487> I say <3004>(5719) the truth <225>, why <1302> do <4100> <0> ye <5210> not <3756> believe <4100>(5719) me <3427>?
47. He that is <5607>(5752) of <1537> God <2316> heareth <191>(5719) God's <2316> words <4487>: ye <5210> therefore <5124> <1223> hear <191>(5719) them not <3756>, because <3754> ye are <2075>(5748) not <3756> of <1537> God <2316>.
48. Then <3767> answered <611>(5662) the Jews <2453>, and <2532> said <2036>(5627) unto him <846>, Say <3004>(5719) we <2249> not <3756> well <2573> that <3754> thou <4771> art <1488>(5748) a Samaritan <4541>, and <2532> hast <2192>(5719) a devil <1140>?
49. Jesus <2424> answered <611>(5662), I <1473> have <2192>(5719) not <3756> a devil <1140>; but <235> I honour <5091>(5719) my <3450> Father <3962>, and <2532> ye <5210> do dishonour <818>(5719) me <3165>.
50. And <1161> I <1473> seek <2212>(5719) not <3756> mine own <3450> glory <1391>: there is <2076>(5748) one that seeketh <2212>(5723) and <2532> judgeth <2919>(5723).
51. Verily <281>, verily <281>, I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, If <1437> a man <5100> keep <5083>(5661) my <1699> saying <3056>, he shall <2334> <0> never <3364> <1519> <165> see <2334>(5661) death <2288>.
52. Then <3767> said <2036>(5627) the Jews <2453> unto him <846>, Now <3568> we know <1097>(5758) that <3754> thou hast <2192>(5719) a devil <1140>. Abraham <11> is dead <599>(5627), and <2532> the prophets <4396>; and <2532> thou <4771> sayest <3004>(5719), If <1437> a man <5100> keep <5083>(5661) my <3450> saying <3056>, he shall <1089> <0> never <3364> <1519> <165> taste <1089>(5695) of death <2288>.
53. Art <3361> <1488>(5748) thou <4771> greater than <3187> our <2257> father <3962> Abraham <11>, which <3748> is dead <599>(5627)? and <2532> the prophets <4396> are dead <599>(5627): whom <5101> makest <4160>(5719) thou <4771> thyself <4572>?
54. Jesus <2424> answered <611>(5662), If <1437> I <1473> honour <1392>(5719) myself <1683>, my <3450> honour <1391> is <2076>(5748) nothing <3762>: it is <2076>(5748) my <3450> Father <3962> that <3739> honoureth <1392>(5723) me <3165>; of whom <3739> ye <5210> say <3004>(5719), that <3754> he is <2076>(5748) your <5216> God <2316>:
55. Yet <2532> ye have <1097> <0> not <3756> known <1097>(5758) him <846>; but <1161> I <1473> know <1492>(5758) him <846>: and <2532> if <1437> I should say <2036>(5632), <3754> I know <1492>(5758) him <846> not <3756>, I shall be <2071>(5704) a liar <5583> like <3664> unto you <5216>: but <235> I know <1492>(5758) him <846>, and <2532> keep <5083>(5719) his <846> saying <3056>.
56. Your <5216> father <3962> Abraham <11> rejoiced <21>(5662) to <2443> see <1492>(5632) my <1699> day <2250>: and <2532> he saw <1492>(5627) it, and <2532> was glad <5463>(5644).
57. Then <3767> said <2036>(5627) the Jews <2453> unto <4314> him <846>, Thou art <2192>(5719) not yet <3768> fifty <4004> years old <2094>, and <2532> hast thou seen <3708>(5758) Abraham <11>?
58. Jesus <2424> said <2036>(5627) unto them <846>, Verily <281>, verily <281>, I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, Before <4250> Abraham <11> was <1096>(5635), I <1473> am <1510>(5748).
59. Then <3767> took they up <142>(5656) stones <3037> to <2443> cast <906>(5632) at <1909> him <846>: but <1161> Jesus <2424> hid himself <2928>(5648), and <2532> went <1831>(5627) out of <1537> the temple <2411>, going <1330>(5631) through <1223> the midst <3319> of them <846>, and <2532> so <3779> passed by <3855>(5707).