{"id":30994,"date":"2026-08-01T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=30994"},"modified":"2026-08-01T21:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T21:30:33","slug":"john-chapter-8-kjv-bible-studies-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=30994","title":{"rendered":"John Chapter 8 – KJV Bible Studies.net"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Chapter 8<\/span><\/p>\n

Distributed by: KJV Bible Studies <\/em>
Website: <\/em>www.KjvBibleStudies.net<\/em>
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Introduction: <\/em>Last week we saw Jesus teaching in the temple after he attended the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. He told the throngs of people that he was the water of life which was the way unto eternal life. This greatly upset the religious leaders and Sanhedrin council. They plotted to take the Lord\u2019s life.
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Overview of John 8: <\/em>The chapter begins with the attempted entrapment of Jesus by confronting Him with the woman taken in adultery. It is followed by His proclamation of being the light of the world. He thereupon defends Himself against the hostile questions of the Pharisees and rabbis of the Temple. The confrontation between Jesus and the Jewish hierarchy in the Temple escalates into a showdown. In fact by the time it is over, they attempt to stone Him to death. Yet, His hour was not yet come and He departed.
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I. The Woman Taken in Adultery<\/span>
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John 8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.<\/em>
John 8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.<\/em>
John 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,<\/em>
John 8:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.<\/em><\/span>
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The events described evidently took place following Jesus\u2019 observance of the Feast of Tabernacles at Jerusalem. His going to the Mount of Olives thereafter may imply He spent the night there. It may be that He stayed at the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus who lived adjacent to the Mount of Olives.
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In any event, early the next day, He returned to the Temple. The throngs once again assembled to hear Him teach. He therefore sat down and taught them. \u00a0It is noteworthy the word translated as people (laov laos<\/em>) is a reference to the general population (i.e., the common people). In distinction, Jesus would spend much of His day disputing not with them, who evidently heard Him willingly, but with the hostile Jewish leadership in the Pharisees and scribes.
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The Pharisees were constantly looking for a way to condemn Jesus. This account is not found in all versions of the Bible. In the corrupt texts of Westcott and Hort they omit this out of Chapter 8 completely, but add it to the end of the Gospel of John. It was said that it was omitted since it might encourage people to commit the sin of adultery. If you study this out, you do not find any acceptance by Jesus of the sin, but he shows that by grace sin can be forgiven. <\/p>\n

In the end of dealing with the woman, he told her to go and sin no more. God had reasons for penning the story, and we can learn from the Lord. \u00a0The scribes and Pharisees find this woman committing one of the most horrible of sins, and they bring her to him. Jesus had earlier made some statements about adultery.
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Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:<\/em>
Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.<\/em><\/span>
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Mat 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:<\/em>
Mat 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.<\/em><\/span>
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We can see that if anything, Jesus had made the act of adultery even greater in the offense and the ease of which one could be found guilty of it without actually partaking of the physical sexual act. So they knew that if he let the woman off, then they would have a reason to find fault with the Lord. \u00a0Paul commented on adultery in I Corinthians Chapter 7.
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1 Cor 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:<\/em>
1 Cor 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.<\/em>
1 Cor 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.<\/em>
1 Cor 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.<\/em>
1 Cor 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.<\/em>
1 Cor 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.<\/em><\/span>
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Today, we find many churches not taking biblical stands on the issue of adultery and remarriage. God\u2019s plan has always been for a man and woman to marry and to stay married to the first mate. There are some exceptions where divorce is allowed, but in limited cases.
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In verse 3, the Pharisees and scribes therefore brought before Him a woman caught in the very act of adultery. (It is noteworthy the charge is adultery versus fornication.) Adultery implies marital infidelity and is a far worse sin than fornication. The woman apparently was married and was cheating on her husband. Or, it may be she was a harlot having an inappropriate relationship with a married man. \u00a0It is of further significance that the exhibition of this immoral, philandering woman was unlawful. There was a court for such a case.
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It will become increasingly clear that the motive of the Pharisees and scribes was to entrap Jesus. They all wanted to hear what Jesus would say about such a sinner. They knew He was prone to forgive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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