Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
John 8:4
κατείληπται for κατελήφθη.
4. κατείληπται. Hath been taken. The vividness of this, and still more of ἐπαυτοφώρῳ (literally, ‘in the very act of theft’), is another piece of brutal indelicacy.
κατείληπται for κατελήφθη.
4. κατείληπται. Hath been taken. The vividness of this, and still more of ἐπαυτοφώρῳ (literally, ‘in the very act of theft’), is another piece of brutal indelicacy.
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. ...
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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...
MASTER = TEACHER. App-98. John 8:1. IN THE VERY ACT. Greek. _ep'_ (App-104.) autophoro. Autophoros means self-detected....
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ΚΑΤΕΊΛΗΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ хватать, _см._ John 8:3. ΑΥΤΟΦΏΡΩ (G1888) _fem. dat. sing._ (пойманный) с поличным. Относится к пойманному вору или прелюбодею (BAGD). ΜΟΙΧΕΥΟΜΈΝΗ _prae...
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...
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. THEY SAY UNTO HIM, MASTER, THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN IN ADULTERY, IN THE VERY ACT....
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...
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The Cambridge MS. reads, “the priests say unto Him, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him,” adding the word “priests,” and placing here the first words of the sixth verse of the Received te...
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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...
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...
Γραμματεῖς, _the scribes_, is a ἅπαξ λεγόμενον in John; the Synoptic style. It is scarcely probable that already at that time these men, so proud of their knowledge, would have submitted to Him so gra...
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery: and when they had set her in the midst, (4) They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. (5)...
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THEY SAY UNTO HIM, MASTER,.... They applied to him in a handsome and respectful manner, the better to cover their ill design: THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN IN ADULTERY; by two persons at least, who could be w...
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Ver. 4. _In the very act_] Gr. in the very theft; perhaps to intimate the great theft that is in adultery, whiles the chi...
_And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman,_ &c. While he was thus employed, the scribes and Pharisees set a woman before him, that had been taken in the act of adultery; and standing rou...
THEY SAY UNTO HIM, MASTER, THIS WOMAN WAS TAKEN IN ADULTERY, IN THE VERY ACT....
THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY. The arraignment of the guilty woman:...
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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...
They bring to our Saviour a woman taken in the act of adultery, and set her before him....
John 8:4 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 Teacher G1320 this G3778 woman G1135 caught G2638 (G5681) adultery...
“Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone women like this, but what do you say about her?” And this they said, testing him, that they...
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 8:4. THEY SAY UNTO HIM, TEACHER, THIS WOMAN HATH BEEN TAKEN COMMITTING ADULTERY, IN THE VERY ACT. Not only was the sin grievous: the point is that there was no possibility of denying it. No proce...
HATH BEEN TAKEN (κατειληπτα). Perfect passive indicative of καταλαμβανω (see verse John 8:3), caught and still guilty.IN ADULTERY (μοιχευομενη). Present passive participle of μοιχευω, "herself su...
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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...
TEACHER. They call him this, but they do not mean it. THIS WOMAN WAS CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT. These men were acting as private individuals, and came to Jesus claiming to be so shocked by this woman's c...
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