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they said to him, &#8220;this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the law Moses<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> commanded us to stone such women.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> So what do you say? &#8221; <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They asked this to trap him,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.</p><p class="scripture">Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, <span class="redletter">&#8220;The one without sin<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> among you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> should be the first to throw a stone at her.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When Jesus stood up, he said to her, <span class="redletter">&#8220;Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? &#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>&#8220;No one, Lord,&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> she answered.</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter">&#8220;Neither do I condemn you,&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> said Jesus. <span class="redletter">&#8220;Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.&#8221;</span>]</p><h3 class="head1">The Light of the World</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jesus spoke to them again: <span class="redletter">&#8220;I am<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the light<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.12.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So the Pharisees said to him, &#8220;You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.&#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>&#8220;Even if I testify about myself,&#8221;</span> Jesus replied, <span class="redletter">&#8220;My testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I&#8217;m going. But you don&#8217;t know where I come from or where I&#8217;m going.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You judge<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> by human standards.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> I judge no one.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.15.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I am the one who testifies<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.&#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they asked him, &#8220;Where is your Father? &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter">&#8220;You know neither me nor my Father,&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span> Jesus answered. <span class="redletter">&#8220;If you knew me, you would also know my Father.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He spoke these words by the treasury,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.</p><h3 class="head1">Jesus Predicts His Departure</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he said to them again, <span class="redletter">&#8220;I&#8217;m going away;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> Where I&#8217;m going, you cannot come.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.21.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So the Jews said again, &#8220;He won&#8217;t kill himself, will he, since he says, <span class="redletter">&#8216;Where I&#8217;m going, you cannot come&#8217;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span>? &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>&#8220;You are from below,&#8221;</span> he told them,<span class="redletter"> &#8220;I am from above.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> You are of this world;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> I am not of this world.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.23.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.&#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>&#8220;Who are you? &#8221; they questioned.</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter">&#8220;Exactly what I&#8217;ve been telling you from the very beginning,&#8221;</span> Jesus told them. <span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>&#8220;I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the one who sent me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is true, and what I have heard from him&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;these things I tell the world.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So Jesus said to them, <span class="redletter">&#8220;When you lift up the Son of Man,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> then you will know that I am<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.28.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> he, and that I do nothing on my own.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.28.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> But just as the Father taught me, I say these things. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> because I always do what pleases him.&#8221;</span></p><h3 class="head1">Truth and Freedom</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>As he was saying these things, many believed in him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, <span class="redletter">&#8220;If you continue in my word,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.31.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you really are my disciples. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>You will know the truth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.32.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and the truth will set you free.&#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>&#8220;We are descendants<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of Abraham,&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.33.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they answered him, &#8220;and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, <span class="redletter">&#8216;You will become free&#8217;</span>? &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus responded, <span class="redletter">&#8220;Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>A slave does not remain in the household forever,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but a son does remain forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.35.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I know you are descendants of Abraham,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.37.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>I speak what I have seen<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the presence of the Father;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.38.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.38.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> so then, you do what you have heard from your father.&#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>&#8220;Our father is Abraham,&#8221; they replied.</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter">&#8220;If you were Abraham&#8217;s children,&#8221;</span> Jesus told them, <span class="redletter">&#8220;you would do what Abraham did.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>You&#8217;re doing what your father does.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.41.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture">&#8220;We weren&#8217;t born<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.41.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> of sexual immorality,&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.41.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> they said. &#8220;We have one Father&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;God.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.41.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, <span class="redletter">&#8220;If God were your Father, you would love me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> because I came from God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.42.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and I am here. For I didn&#8217;t come on my own, but he sent me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Why don&#8217;t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.43.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> my word.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>You are of your father the devil,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.44.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and you want to carry out your father&#8217;s desires. He was a murderer<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.44.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> from the beginning<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.44.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> and does not stand in the truth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.44.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.44.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> because he is a liar and the father of lies. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Who among you can convict me of sin?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.46.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> If I am telling the truth, why don&#8217;t you believe me? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>The one who is from God listens to God&#8217;s words. This is why you don&#8217;t listen, because you are not from God.&#8221;</span></p><h3 class="head1">Jesus and Abraham</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>The Jews responded to him, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t we right in saying that you&#8217;re a Samaritan<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.48.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and have a demon? &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.48.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>&#8220;I do not have a demon,&#8221;</span> Jesus answered. <span class="redletter">&#8220;On the contrary, I honor my Father and you dishonor me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.50" /> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>I do not seek my own glory;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> there is one who seeks it and judges. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.51" /> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.51.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he will never see death.&#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.52" /> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Then the Jews said, &#8220;Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, <span class="redletter">&#8216;If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.&#8217;</span> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.53" /> <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be? &#8221;</p><p class="scripture"><span class="redletter"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.54" /> <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>&#8220;If I glorify myself,&#8221;</span> Jesus answered,<span class="redletter"> &#8220;my glory is nothing. My Father&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;about whom you say, &#8216;He is our God&#8217;&#8239;&#8212;&#8239;he is the one who glorifies me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.55" /> <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don&#8217;t know him,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.55.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> I would be a liar like you. But I do know him,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.55.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and I keep his word. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.56" /> <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.56.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and was glad.&#8221;</span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.57" /> <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>The Jews replied, &#8220;You aren&#8217;t fifty years old yet, and you&#8217;ve seen Abraham? &#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.57.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.58" /> <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, <span class="redletter">&#8220;Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.&#8221;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.58.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></span></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-John.8.59" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/8-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>So they picked up stones<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.59.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to throw at him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.59.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> But Jesus was hidden<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.59.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.59.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> and went out of the temple.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.John.8.59.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.John.8.59.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-John.8" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.John.8.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.11">8:11</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Sir</span> ; Jn 4:15,49; 5:7; 6:34; 9:36</aside><aside id="fn.John.8.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.15">8:15</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">You judge according to the flesh</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.8.31.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.31">8:31</a></span> Or <span class="italic">my teaching</span>, or <span class="italic">my message</span>, also in v. 37</aside><aside id="fn.John.8.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.33">8:33</a></span> Or <span class="italic">offspring</span> ; lit <span class="italic">seed</span>, also in v. 37; Jn 7:42</aside><aside id="fn.John.8.38.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.38">8:38</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">of my Father</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.8.43.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.43">8:43</a></span> Or <span class="italic">cannot hear</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.8.44.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.44">8:44</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">from his own things</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.8.57.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.57">8:57</a></span> Other mss read <span class="italic">and Abraham has seen you?</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.8.59.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.59">8:59</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Jesus hid himself</span></aside><aside id="fn.John.8.59.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.59">8:59</a></span> Other mss add <span class="italic">and having gone through their midst, he passed by</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-John.8" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.John.8.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.1">8:1</a></span> Mt 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.2">8:2</a></span> Ac 21:26</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.2">8:2</a></span> Mk 1:45</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.2">8:2</a></span> Mk 9:35</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.3">8:3</a></span> Mk 7:3</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.3">8:3</a></span> Nm 5:11</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.4">8:4</a></span> Mt 5:27&#8211;28</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.5">8:5</a></span> Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.5">8:5</a></span> Lv 20:10; Dt 22:22&#8211;24; Ezk 16:38&#8211;41</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.6">8:6</a></span> Lk 11:54</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.7">8:7</a></span> Rm 3:23; 6:23</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.7">8:7</a></span> Rm 2:1,22</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.7">8:7</a></span> Dt 17:7</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.11">8:11</a></span> Jn 3:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.12">8:12</a></span> Ex 3:14; Jn 8:24,58</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.12">8:12</a></span> Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46; 1Jn 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.12.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.12">8:12</a></span> Ex 13:21&#8211;22; 14:19&#8211;25; Is 42:6; 49:6; 60:19&#8211;22; Zch 14:5&#8211;8; Jn 9:5; 12:46</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.14">8:14</a></span> Jn 3:8; 7:28; 9:29; 12:35; 13:3,36; 14:5; 16:5,28; 1Jn 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.15">8:15</a></span> Lk 6:37; Rv 19:11</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.15">8:15</a></span> Php 3:3</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.15.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.15">8:15</a></span> Jn 3:17; 12:47</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.16">8:16</a></span> Mt 12:41; Jn 16:32; 2Th 1:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.17">8:17</a></span> Nm 35:30; Jn 8:14</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.18">8:18</a></span> 1Jn 5:7,9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.19">8:19</a></span> Jn 7:28; 1Jn 2:23</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.19">8:19</a></span> Lk 10:22; Jn 17:3; 1Jn 4:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.20">8:20</a></span> Mk 12:41,43; Lk 21:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.21">8:21</a></span> Jn 14:2; 16:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.21">8:21</a></span> Dt 24:16; Ezk 3:18; 33:8; Jn 15:22; Rm 3:23; 6:23</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.21.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.21">8:21</a></span> Jn 7:34,36; 8:22; 13:33</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.22">8:22</a></span> Jn 8:21</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.23">8:23</a></span> Jn 3:13,31; 18:36; Col 3:1&#8211;2</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.23">8:23</a></span> 1Jn 4:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.23.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.23">8:23</a></span> Jn 15:19; 17:14&#8211;16; 18:36</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.26">8:26</a></span> Jn 5:19</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.26">8:26</a></span> Jn 3:32; 15:15</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.28">8:28</a></span> Mk 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.28.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.28">8:28</a></span> Jn 8:24</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.28.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.28">8:28</a></span> Mk 6:5; Jn 9:33; 15:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.29">8:29</a></span> Jn 16:32; Ac 10:38</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.31">8:31</a></span> Jn 2:22; 18:32</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.32.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.32">8:32</a></span> Ps 119:142; Jn 14:6; 2Th 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.33.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.33">8:33</a></span> Gn 16:15; Jn 8:37; Heb 2:16</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.34">8:34</a></span> Rm 6:17&#8211;20; 2Pt 2:19</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.35">8:35</a></span> 1Jn 2:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.35.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.35">8:35</a></span> Gn 21:10; Lk 15:31; Gl 4:30</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.37.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.37">8:37</a></span> Lk 19:9; Jn 8:31&#8211;47; Ac 13:26; Rm 4:11,16; Gl 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.38">8:38</a></span> Jn 3:32; 5:19; 6:46</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.38.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.38">8:38</a></span> Mt 5:16; 11:27; Lk 11:13; Jn 8:42</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.39">8:39</a></span> Gl 3:7,9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.40">8:40</a></span> Ps 119:142; Jn 14:6</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.41.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.41">8:41</a></span> 2Jn 9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.41.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.41">8:41</a></span> 1Jn 2:29</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.41.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.41">8:41</a></span> Hs 2:4; 1Th 4:3</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.41.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.41">8:41</a></span> Dt 32:6</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.42">8:42</a></span> Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27; 1Jn 5:1</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.42.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.42">8:42</a></span> Jn 13:3; 16:27; 1Jn 5:20</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.43">8:43</a></span> Lk 6:47; Jn 18:32</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.44.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.44">8:44</a></span> Mt 4:1; Jn 13:2,27; Eph 2:1&#8211;3</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.44.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.44">8:44</a></span> 1Jn 3:15</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.44.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.44">8:44</a></span> Gn 3:1&#8211;4; 4:8&#8211;9; Ac 26:4; 2Co 11:3; 1Jn 3:8&#8211;15; Rv 12:9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.44.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.44">8:44</a></span> Jn 14:6; Rm 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.46.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.46">8:46</a></span> Jn 15:22; 1Jn 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.48.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.48">8:48</a></span> Lk 9:52; Ac 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.48.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.48">8:48</a></span> Jn 7:20; 10:20; Rv 9:20; 18:2</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.50.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.50">8:50</a></span> Jn 17:24; Php 3:19; 1Pt 5:4</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.51.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.51">8:51</a></span> Jn 8:52,55; 14:23&#8211;24; 15:20; 17:6; 18:32; 1Jn 2:5; Rv 1:3; 3:8,10; 22:7,9</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.55.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.55">8:55</a></span> Jn 7:28</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.55.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.55">8:55</a></span> Mt 11:27</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.56.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.56">8:56</a></span> Lk 10:24; Heb 11:13&#8211;19</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.58.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.58">8:58</a></span> Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 1:15; 8:24; 17:5; Col 1:17</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.59.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.59">8:59</a></span> Jn 10:33</aside><aside id="xrf.John.8.59.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-John.8.59">8:59</a></span> Ex 17:4; Lv 24:16; 1Sm 30:6; 1Kg 21:10&#8211;13; 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