1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 [Luke 21:38] Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and Matt. 5:1;Luke 4:20he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now Lev. 20:10;Deut. 22:22in the Law, Moses commanded us Deut. 22:24;Ezek. 16:38,40to stone such women. So what do you say?" 6 This they said Matt. 16:1;19:3;22:18,35;Mark 8:11;10:2;12:15;Luke 10:25;11:16to test him, See Luke 11:54that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, Rom. 2:1,22"Let him who is without sin among you Deut. 17:7be the first to throw a stone at her."8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, ver. 15;[ch. 3:17;Luke 12:14] "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on ch. 5:14sin no more."]]
I Am the Light of the World
12 ch. 7:37,38Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, [Ps. 36:9;Isa. 42:6;49:6;Mal. 4:2]; See ch. 1:4,9"I am the light of the world. Whoever ch. 12:26;21:19follows me will not See ch. 12:35walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."13 So the Pharisees said to him, ch. 5:31"You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true." 14 Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, [Rev. 3:14] my testimony is true, for I know ch. 13:3;16:28where I came from and ver. 21;ch. 7:33where I am going, but [ch. 7:28;9:29]you do not know where I come from or where I am going.15 ch. 7:24;1 Sam. 16:7;[Job 10:4] You judge according to the flesh; ch. 12:47;[ver. 11]I judge no one.16 Yet even if I do judge, ch. 5:30my judgment is true, for ver. 29;ch. 16:32it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father8:16 Some manuscripts hewho sent me.17 See Num. 35:30In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and ch. 5:37the Father who sent me bears witness about me."19 They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, ver. 55;ch. 16:3"You know neither me nor my Father. ch. 14:7If you knew me, you would know my Father also."20 These words he spoke in See Matt. 27:6the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but ch. 7:30no one arrested him, because ch. 7:8his hour had not yet come.
21 So he said to them again, ch. 14:28;[ch. 14:2,3;16:7] "I am going away, and See ch. 7:34you will seek me, and ver. 24;Ezek. 3:18;33:8you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."22 So the Jews said, [ch. 7:35]"Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?" 23 He said to them, [ver. 44; ch. 3:31] "You are from below; I am from above. 1 John 4:5You are of this world; ch. 17:14,16I am not of this world.24 I told you that you ver. 21would die in your sins, for ch. 16:9unless you believe that Mark 13:6;Luke 21:8I am he you will die in your sins."25 So they said to him, [ch. 1:19]"Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but ch. 3:33;7:28;Rom. 3:4he who sent me is true, and I declare [ch. 18:20] to the world ver. 40;ch. 15:15;[ch. 3:32;Rev. 1:1]what I have heard from him."27 They did not understand that ver. 18, 26he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, "When you have ch. 3:14;12:32,34lifted up the Son of Man, [ch. 16:8-11] then you will know that See ver. 24I am he, and that See ch. 5:30I do nothing on my own authority, but See ch. 7:16speak just as the Father taught me.29 And ver. 16;ch. 16:32;Acts 10:38;See ch. 10:38he who sent me is with me. ver. 16;ch. 16:32;Acts 10:38;See ch. 10:38He has not left me alone, for ch. 4:34;5:30;6:38;[1 John 3:22]I always do the things that are pleasing to him."30 As he was saying these things, See ch. 7:31many believed in him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ch. 15:7,8;2 John 9"If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,32 and you will 2 John 1know the truth, and the truth ver. 36;Rom. 6:18,22;8:2;1 Cor. 7:22;2 Cor. 3:17;Gal. 5:1,13;James 1:25;2:12;1 Pet. 2:16will set you free."33 They answered him, ver. 37, 39;Matt. 3:9;[Luke 19:9;Rom. 9:7]"We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?"
34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Rom. 6:16-20;Titus 3:3;2 Pet. 2:19everyone who practices sin is a slave8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35to sin.35 Gen. 21:10;Gal. 4:30The slave does not remain in the house forever; Luke 15:31the son remains forever.36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet ver. 40;See ch. 7:1you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.38 ch. 3:32;5:19;6:46I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ver. 41, 44from your father."
You Are of Your Father the Devil
39 They answered him, ver. 33, 56"Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, [Gal. 3:7,9]"If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,40 but now ver. 37you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ver. 26that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, [Hos. 2:4] "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have Deut. 32:6;Isa. 63:16;64:8;[ver. 47]one Father—even God." 42 Jesus said to them, [1 John 5:1] "If God were your Father, you would love me, for 1 John 5:20;[Heb. 10:9] I came from God and ch. 16:28;17:8I am here. ch. 7:28I came not of my own accord, but See ch. 3:17he sent me.43 ch. 7:17Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot Jer. 6:10;[1 Cor. 2:14]bear to hear my word.44 1 John 3:8,12;[ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. Gen. 4:8,9;1 John 3:12,15;[Rom. 5:12] He was a murderer from the beginning, and [1 John 2:4] does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Gen. 3:4;2 Cor. 11:3;Rev. 12:9When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?47 [ch. 18:37;1 John 4:6] Whoever is of God hears the words of God. [ch. 10:26] The reason why you do not hear them is that [ver. 41]you are not of God."
Before Abraham Was, I Am
48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and See ch. 7:20have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but ch. 5:23;[ch. 7:18]I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.50 Yet ver. 54;ch. 5:41I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.51 Truly, truly, ch. 5:24;11:26I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never See Luke 2:26see death."52 The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! [Zech. 1:5] Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet ver. 51you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never Matt. 16:28;Heb. 2:9taste death.’53 [ch. 4:12]Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?" 54 Jesus answered, ver. 50"If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. ch. 13:32;17:1;Acts 3:13;Heb. 5:5;2 Pet. 1:17It is my Father who glorifies me, ver. 41of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’8:54 Some manuscripts your God55 But ver. 19;ch. 7:28you have not known him. ch. 7:29;See Matt. 11:27I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be 1 John 1:6a liar ver. 44like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.56 ver. 39Your father Abraham See Matt. 13:17rejoiced Luke 17:22that he would see my day. [Heb. 11:13]He saw it and was glad."57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"8:57 Some manuscripts has Abraham seen you?58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, See Ex. 3:14I am."59 So ch. 10:31they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.