John 8:2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

◄ John 8:2 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

English Standard Version
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

New American Standard Bible
Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At dawn He went to the temple complex again, and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began to teach them.

International Standard Version
At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and sitting down he taught them.

Darby Bible Translation
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

Cross References

Jeremiah 32:33
And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

Matthew 26:55
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are you come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and you laid no hold on me.

Luke 21:38
And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

John 8:3
And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle,

John 8:20
These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

Acts 5:21
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Jump to Previous

Appeared Break Courts Crowds Dawn Early Gathered However Morning Sat Seated Taught Teach Teaching Temple

Jump to Next

Appeared Break Courts Crowds Dawn Early Gathered However Morning Sat Seated Taught Teach Teaching Temple

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

8:1-11 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 same thing. All who are any way called to blame the faults of others, are especially concerned to look to themselves, and keep themselves pure. In this matter Christ attended to the great work about which he came into the world, that was, to bring sinners to repentance; not to destroy, but to save. He aimed to bring, not only the accused to repentance, by showing her his mercy, but the prosecutors also, by showing them their sins; they thought to insnare him, he sought to convince and convert them. He declined to meddle with the magistrate's office. Many crimes merit far more severe punishment than they meet with; but we should not leave our own work, to take that upon ourselves to which we are not called. When Christ sent her away, it was with this caution, Go, and sin no more. Those who help to save the life of a criminal, should help to save the soul with the same caution. Those are truly happy, whom Christ does not condemn. Christ's favour to us in the forgiveness of past sins should prevail with us, Go then, and sin no more.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 8

Joh 8:1-11. The Woman Taken in Adultery.

1, 2. Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives—This should have formed the last verse of the foregoing chapter. "The return of the people to the inert quiet and security of their dwellings (Joh 7:53), at the close of the feast, is designedly contrasted with our Lord's homeless way, so to speak, of spending the short night, who is early in the morning on the scene again. One cannot well see why what is recorded in Lu 21:37, 38 may not even thus early have taken place; it might have been the Lord's ordinary custom from the beginning to leave the brilliant misery of the city every night, that so He might compose His sorrowful and interceding heart, and collect His energies for new labors of love; preferring for His resting-place Bethany, and the Mount of Olives, the scene thus consecrated by many preparatory prayers for His final humiliation and exaltation" [Stier].