John 8:2

EARLY IN THE MORNING. at dawn. INTO. unto, as in John 8:1. TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron._ See note on Matthew 23:16. PEOPLE. Greek. _laos._ In John's Gospel only here, John 11:50; John 18:14. Not _ochlos,_ or _plethos._ UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. SAT DOWN... AND. having sat down. TAUGHT. was teac... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:4

MASTER = TEACHER. App-98. John 8:1. IN THE VERY ACT. Greek. _ep'_ (App-104.) autophoro. Autophoros means self-detected.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:5

MOSES. See note on John 1:17. COMMANDED... STONED. This law referred only to. "betrothed damsel "(Deuteronomy 22:24); and to show that the Lord knew their thoughts, and knew also that this was another man's "wife". He complied with the law prescribed in "such". case (Numbers 5:11), and stooped down... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:6

TEMPTING. testing. The temptation was in the word "such", and of two cases they mention the punishment without defining what it was: for the one in Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:24 (a virgin) the death was stoning; but in the case of. "wife" the punishment was _not_ stoning, but required. specia... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:7

ASKING. App-134., LIFTED UP. Greek. _anakupto._ Only here, John 8:10; Luke 13:11; Luke 21:28. WITHOUT SIN. sinless. Greek. _anamartetos._ Compare App-128. Occ, nowhere else in the N.T. A STONE. the stone, i.e. the heavy stone for execution. Compare Joh 8:69. AT. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:9

CONVICTED, &c. By the manifestation of the Lord's knowledge of what was in their hearts and of what they were concealing for the purpose of tempting Him. Greek. _elencho._ Same word as in John 8:46; John 5:20; John 16:8. BY. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. AT. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. ELDEST. elders.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:10

SAW. App-133. NONE. Greek. _medeis._ BUT. except. Greek. _plen,_ NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ CONDEMNED. App-122.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:12

THEN. Therefore. AGAIN. This section has no necessary connection with Joh 7:62, but refers to. subsequent occasion in "the Treasury" (John 8:20). I AM. See note on John 6:35, LIGHT. Greek. _phos_ (App-130.) Not _luchnos_ as in John 5:36 (App-130.) One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. S... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:13

BEAREST RECORD. See note on John 1:32. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. RECORD. See note on John 1:19. NOT. Greek. _ou_ (App-105). TRUE. Greek. _alethes._ See App-176 and note on John 3:33.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:14

ANSWERED AND SAID. See App-122 and note on Deuteronomy 1:41. THOUGH. Even if. App-118. KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. See note on John 1:26. CANNOT TELL. know (Greek. _oida)_ not (App-105). AND. All the texts read "or".... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:15

JUDGE. See App-122 and note on John 5:22. AFTER. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104. FLESH. See note on John 1:13.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:16

IF. Assuming the condition. App-118. JUDGMENT. App-177. THE FATHER. See note on John 1:14. SENT. See App-174 and note on John 1:22.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:17

IT IS... WRITTEN. It has been (and standeth) written. ALSO... LAW. law also, _your_ law. YOUR your own. Greek. _humeteros._ Emphatic Compare John 7:49. TESTIMONY. Gr, _marturia._ See note on "record", John 8:13. TWO. See Deuteronomy 19:16.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:19

NEITHER... NOR. Greek. _oute,_ compound of ou. App-105. MY FATHER. See note on John 2:16. IF.. true hypothesis. App-118. SHOULD. would.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:20

WORDS. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. THE TREASURY.. part of the Temple, in the court of the women. Occurs in Mark 12:41; Mark 12:43.Luke 21:1, and John only here. AS HE TAUGHT. teaching. LAID HANDS. arrested. See John 7:30; John 7:32; John 7:44. NOT YET COME. See note on John 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:21

GO MY WAY. withdraw Myself. SHALL. will. SINS. sin. See App-128. The sin of rejecting Him. CANNOT. are not (Greek. _ou)_ able to.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:23

YE ARE FROM BENEATH. i.e. of the earth. See 1 Corinthians 15:47. The phrase occurs only in this Gospel. FROM. out from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. Compare John 1:46. FROM ABOVE. Greek _ek ton ano (plural)_. the heavens. See John 3:13; John 3:31; John 6:33; John 6:38; 2 Chronicles 3:1;... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:24

BELIEVE. See note on John 1:7, and App-150. I AM HE. I am. There is no "He "in the Greek See note on John 6:35. SINS. Plural here. See John 8:21.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:25

EVEN THE SAME THAT... BEGINNING. He Whom. say also to you at the beginning [of this colloquy, verses: John 8:12]. Compare Septuagint, Genesis 43:18; Genesis 43:20. at the beginning [of our coming down]. at the first. FROM THE BEGINNING. There is no "from" in the Gr See note on John 8:44.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:26

SPEAK. Greek. _lego._ All the texts read "say". Greek _laleo._ TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104. OF. from [beside]. Greek. _para._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:27

UNDERSTOOD NOT. did not get to know. App-132. See note on John 1:10. SPAKE. was speaking. Not "saying", as in John 8:26. FATHER. See note on John 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:28

WHEN... THEN. Revealing that, after that, men would believe in the truth of His Deity, HAVE. may, or shall have, LIFTED UP. Compare John 3:14; John 12:34. SON OF MAN. App-98. KNOW. App-132., as in John 8:27. I do, &c. Note the complex _Ellipsis_ (App-6). "Of Myself. do nothing [nor speak); but a... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:29

WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. ALONE. Compare John 8:16. I DO ALWAYS, &c.. I do the things pleasing to Him always. The last word in the sentence in the Greek emphasized by the Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:31

SAID. spake, as in John 8:27; John 8:28. TO. Greek _pros,_ App-104. BELIEVED ON. had believed. App-160. Thus distinguishing these Jews from the true believers of John 8:30. Note the emphatic word "ye" in next clause. CONTINUE. abide. See note on John 1:32. MY WORD. the word which is Mine. Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:33

WERE NEVER. ANY MAN, &c. Have been in bondage to no one (App-105) at any time. Thus ignoring all historical facts. These were "the Jews" who believed in John 8:31, and thus proved themselves not "believers indeed".... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:34

VERILY, VERILY. Called forth by this manifest misrepresentation of the truth. The twelfth occurance. See John 1:51. WHOSOEVER. Every one who. COMMITTETH. doeth or practiseth. SIN. Not. single act, but. life of sin itself. Same as "sin "in John 8:21. THE SERVANT. a bondservant.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:35

ABIDETH. See note on John 1:32. FOR EVER. See App-151. a, He may be sold or manumitted. THE SON. Greek _huios._ App-108. Never used of _believers_ in this Gospel. This word is reserved for Christ only. See note 2, p. 1511. EVER. for ever, as above.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:36

YE SHALL BE FREE INDEED. ye will be really free. indeed. Greek. _ontos._ Not the same word as in John 8:31. Compare 1 Timothy 6:19, Revised Version.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:38

HAVE SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-133. WITH. Greek. _para._ App-104. YE HAVE SEEN. All the texts read. ye have heard. But not the Syriac. See App-94. note 8, p. 136.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:40

A MAN. Greek. _anthropos.App-123._ Used by the Lord of Himself only here, and in contrast with the "manslayer "of John 8:44. GOD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:42

LOVE. Greek _agapao._ App-136. CAME. am here. NEITHER. not even. Greek. _oude._ CAME I. am. come. SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:43

UNDERSTAND. get to know. App-132. SPEECH. Referring to the _form_ of the discourse. HEAR. Hebrew idiom. understand, receive, or believe, as in John 9:27; John 10:3; John 12:47; Acts 3:22.Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:21. WORD. Denoting the _subject_ of the discourse.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:44

DEVIL. Greek. _diabolos._ Thrice in this Gospel: here, John 6:70; John 13:2. Not the same word as in verses: John 8:48; John 8:49. LUSTS. strong desires of all kinds. Compare Mark 4:10. The only occurance of _epithumia_ in John's Gospel. Occurs in 1 John 2:16; 1 John 2:17, and Revelation 18:14. wil... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:47

HE THAT, &c. Note the Introversion in the structure of John 8:47, WORDS. sayings. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:51

KEEP. Greek. _area,_ implying watching rather than guarding. See notes on John 17:12. SAYING. word. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. NEVER SEE DEATH. by no means (Greek. _ou me._ App-105) see (App-133) death for ever (Greek. _eis ton aiona._ App-151): i.e. eternal death, because he will have... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:52

IS DEAD. died. TASTE OF DEATH. They altered the Lord's words. Not an O.T. term. Occurs five times: here; Matthew 16:28; Mark 9:1.Luke 9:27; Hebrews 2:9.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:56

REJOICED. leaped for joy. Greek. _agalliao._ Compare John 5:35. TO. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ he might. SEE. App-133. Therefore Abraham must have heard of it from Jehovah, for "faith cometh by hearing" (Romans 10:17). MY DAY. the day, Mine; i.e. the day of My promised coming. HE SAW. he saw... [ Continue Reading ]

John 8:59

TOOK... UP STONES. And thus would murder the great Prophet Himself. Compare John 10:31; John 10:39 and Matthew 23:31; Matthew 23:37. stones, i.e. heavy stones. Compare John 8:7. The Temple was not yet finished, and stones would be lying about. Lightfoot, vol. xii, pp. 247-9, 324. AT. upon. Greek. _... [ Continue Reading ]

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