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J ohn 8
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Prophet we’ve been expecting.”* 41 Others
said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said,
“But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from
Galilee? 42 For the Scriptures clearly state that
the Messiah will be born of the royal line of
David, in Bethlehem, the village where King
David was born.”* 43 So the crowd was divided
about him. 44 Some even wanted him arrested,
but no one laid a hand on him.
45 When the Temple guards returned without having arrested J esus, the leading priests
and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you
bring him in?”
46 “We have never heard anyone speak like
this!” the guards responded.
47 “Have you been led astray, too?” the
Pharisees mocked. 48 “Is there a single one of
us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
49 This foolish crowd follows him, but they are
ignorant of the law. God’s curse is on them!”
50 Then Nicod
emus, the leader who had met
with Jesus earlier, spoke up. 51 “Is it legal to
convict a man before he is given a hearing?”
he asked.
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too?
Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no
prophet ever comes* from Galilee!”
[The most ancient Greek manuscripts
do not include John 7:53–8:11.]
53 Then the meeting broke up, and everybody
went home.
A Woman Caught in Adultery
Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives,
2 but early the next morning he was back
again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered,
and he sat down and taught them. 3As he was
speaking, the teachers of religious law and
the Pharis ees brought a woman who had been
caught in the act of adultery. They put her in
front of the crowd.
4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman
was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of
Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
6 They were trying to trap him into saying
something they could use against him, but
Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust
with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right,
but let the one who has never sinned throw
the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again
and wrote in the dust.
9 When the accusers heard this, they
slipped away one by one, beginning with
8
the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the
middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then
Jesus stood up again and said to the woman,
“Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of
them condemn you?”
11 “No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin
no more.”
Jesus, the Light of the World
12
Jesus spoke to the people once more and
said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness,
because you will have the light that leads to
life.”
13 The Pharisees replied, “You are making
those claims about yourself! Such testimony
is not valid.”
14 Jesus told them, “These claims are valid
even though I make them about myself. For
I know where I came from and where I am
going, but you don’t know this about me.
15 You judge me by human standards, but I
do not judge anyone. 16And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. The Father* who sent
me is with me. 17 Your own law says that if two
people agree about something, their witness
is accepted as fact.* 18 I am one witness, and
my Father who sent me is the other.”
19 “Where is your father?” they asked.
Jesus answered, “Since you don’t know
who I am, you don’t know who my Father
is. If you knew me, you would also know my
Father.” 20 Jesus made these statements while
he was teaching in the section of the Temple
known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time* had not yet come.
The Unbelieving People Warned
Jesus said to them again, “I am going
away. You will search for me but will die in
your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”
22 The people* asked, “Is he planning to
commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You
cannot come where I am going’?”
23
Jesus continued, “You are from below;
I am from above. You belong to this world;
I do not. 24 That is why I said that you will die
in your sins; for unless you believe that I Am
who I claim to be,* you will die in your sins.”
25 “Who are you?” they demanded.
Jesus replied, “The one I have always
claimed to be.* 26 I have much to say about
you and much to condemn, but I won’t. For I
21 Later
:40 See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6. 7:42 See Mic 5:2. 7:52 Some manuscripts read the prophet does not come.
7
8:16 Some
manuscripts read The One.
8:17 See Deut 19:15. 8:20 Greek his hour.
8:22 Greek Jewish people; also in 8:31, 48, 52, 57.
8:24 Greek unless you believe that I am. See Exod 3:14. 8:25 Or Why do I speak to you at all?
