John 8, Adultery Takes Two, Where Is The Man?

John 8

Adultery Takes Two, where is the man? After Jesus said, He that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone at her. Being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

Jesus says...When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

Matthew 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

John 8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

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.

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

The scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery
Where is the man?
It takes two
This is what false preachers teach today "lies"
Colossians 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Theses were saying, this woman taken in adultery, in the very act.
Again, Where is the man?
In the very act. Greek = means self-detected

5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

Moses = grace and truth. In the days of Moses there was grace, and the law itself was an exhibition of truth; but when Jesus Christ came, He was Himself the Truth, the very personification of truth, and His life and death were the supreme manifestation of grace.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Commanded . . . stoned = This law referred only to a "betrothed damsel"; 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" a case, and stooped down and wrote the curses (as required in John 8:23) on the ground.
John 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
But = therefore

6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

Tempting = testing = They were testing Jesus
What did Jesus do?
Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
The temptation was in the word "such", and of two cases they mention the punishment without defining what it was: for the one in (a virgin) the death was stoning; but in the case of a "wife" the punishment was not stoning, but required a special procedure (Numbers 5:11-31, which left the punishment with God.
Deuteronomy 22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
Today laws = Ask God to forgive you for our sins
That = in order that
On = into the dust of the earth

7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Without sin = sinless = nowhere else in the N.T.
At = upon.

8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

Wrote = The curses, as before

9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Convicted = 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.
At = from
Eldest = elders
Unto = as far as
John 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

But = except
No man = no one

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Thee = He does not say "thy sin"
He speaks judicially
First they didn't from the man, they just brought the man

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Walk with the Lord, Not as the world, of darkness
I am the light of the world
Then = Therefore
Again = refers to a subsequent occasion in "the Treasury".
John 8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
I am = John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
World = for its inhabitants without distinction, implying others than Jews.
Not = in no wise
Shall have = not merely see it, but possess it
Life = the life
Life = the fountain of life
1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Psalms 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10 O continue thy loving

13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

What did the Pharisees said?
There record is not true
Do you want to follow Christ or The tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Bearest record = bear witness
Of = concerning.

14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

Though = Even if
Know = John 1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not.
Cannot tell = know
And = or

15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

Man always wanted to take God's place, This is why we are in this world age.
After = according to

16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

My judgment is true

17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

John 7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
It is . . . written = It has been and standeth written.
Also . . . law = law also, your law
John 8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
Two = Deuteronomy 19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

Bear witness. Same as "bear record" in John 8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

If = A true hypothesis
Should = would

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

The treasury = A part of the Temple, in the court of the women
As He taught = teaching
Laid hands = arrested
John 7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

Go My way = withdraw Myself
Shall = will
Sins = sin = The sin of rejecting Him
Cannot = are not able to

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

Jews = A characteristic expression of this Gospel, pointing to the consequences of their rejection of Messiah, when they would be (Lo Ammi = not My People): no longer regarded as "Israel", but as "Jews", the name given them by Gentiles.
The Jews = The tribe of Judah
The Pharisees = Matthew 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Matthew 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Will He kill Himself? = Surely He will not kill Himself?

23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free

33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Were never.. any man = Have been in bondage to no on I at any time.
Thus ignoring all historical facts. These were "the Jews" who believed in Joh 8:31, and thus proved themselves not "believers indeed".
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Verily, verily = Called forth by this manifest misrepresentation of the truth.
John 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Whosoever = Every one who.
Committeth = doeth or practiseth.
Sin = Not a single act, but a life of sin itself. Same as "sin "in Joh 8:21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
The servant = a bondservant.

35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

For ever = He may be sold or manumitted.
The Son = Never used of believers in this Gospel. This word is reserved for Christ only.
Ever = for ever, as above

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Ye shall be free indeed = ye will be really free indeed

37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

What's the subject of John 8?
Bible study hour = The Kenites
Who are the scribes and Pharisees?
They sit in the seat of Moses claiming to have the law of Moses, but they want to kill Jesus and the prophets of God.
John 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
John 8, Matthew 13, and Jeremiah 35 tells us the scribes and Pharisees are of Satan's seed.
Good reading Parable of Fig tree = Matthew 13
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Jeremiah 35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
The Kenites began to call themselves Jews in Jeremiah 35:11
The Kenites claim to be the Jews, but they are not, they are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
The tribe of Judah = The Jews
Through David was the true birthright through which Christ came.
The "key of David" is the knowledge of the true genealogy of Christ as opposed to the genealogy of the false Christ. (Matthew 13)
The key to David is to know who killed Jesus, it was not the Jews.
The tares are the children of the devil, the Kenites (Matthew 13)
I know that ye are Abraham's seed = He speak of the dignity of mind.
The dignity of their extraction admitted: "I know that you are Abraham's seed, every one knows it, and it is your honour."
He grants them what was true, and in what they said that was false (that they were never in bondage to any) he does not contradict them, for he studied to profit them, and not to provoke them, and therefore said that which would please them: I know that you are Abraham's seed.
They boasted of their descent from Abraham, as that which aggrandized their names, and made them exceedingly honourable; whereas really it did but aggravate their crimes, and make them exceedingly sinful.
Out of their own mouths will he judge vain-glorious hypocrites, who boast of their parentage and education:
Are you Abraham's seed? Why then did you not tread in the steps of his faith and obedience?
The inconsistency of their practice with this dignity: But you seek to kill me.
They had attempted it several times, and were now designing it, which quickly appeared (John 8:59), when they took up stones to cast at him.
Christ knows all the wickedness, not only which men do, but which they seek, and design, and endeavour to do.
To seek to kill any innocent man is a crime, but to compass and imagine the death of him that was King of kings was a crime the heinousness of which we want words to express.
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
She (Eve) was the mother of all living = Because through Eve seed line, Christ would be born
Satan tried to destroy the seed line in which Christ would be born.
Without God you are dead, Christ is the light = everlasting life.

John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Satan =death
The reason of this inconsistency.
Why were they that were Abraham's seed so very inveterate against Abraham's promised seed, in whom they and all the families of the earth should be blessed?
There are many that make a profession of religion in whom the word of Christ has no place; they will not allow it a place, for they do not like it; Satan does all he can to displace it; and other things possess the place it should have in us.
Where the word of God has no place no good is to be expected, for room is left there for all wickedness.
If the unclean spirit find the heart empty of Christ's word, he enters in, and dwells there.
Roman 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
The promise was made to all of Abraham's seed but to those of Abraham and Sarah's issue.
"In Isaac shall thy seed be called".

8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Notice in Verse 19 Ye neither know me, nor my Father:
John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

38 I speak that which I have seen with My Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

Notice the two Fathers = I have seen with My Father
Ye do that which ye have seen with your father
The song of Moses = Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Deuteronomy 32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Parable of fig tree = Matthew 13
Matthew 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophet.

39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

Ye do the deeds of your father, Satan

42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Ye are of your father the devil
He was a murderer, Cain

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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