John 8
English Standard Version
8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 (A)Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and (B)he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now (C)in the Law, Moses commanded us (D)to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said (E)to test him, (F)that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, (G)“Let him who is without sin among you (H)be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, (I)“Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on (J)sin no more.”]]
I Am the Light of the World
12 (K)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (L)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (M)follows me will not (N)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to him, (O)“You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, (P)my testimony is true, for I know (Q)where I came from and (R)where I am going, but (S)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 (T)You judge according to the flesh; (U)I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, (V)my judgment is true, for (W)it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father[a] who sent me. 17 (X)In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and (Y)the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” 19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, (Z)“You know neither me nor my Father. (AA)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 These words he spoke in (AB)the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but (AC)no one arrested him, because (AD)his hour had not yet come.
21 So he said to them again, (AE)“I am going away, and (AF)you will seek me, and (AG)you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews said, (AH)“Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 He said to them, (AI)“You are from below; I am from above. (AJ)You are of this world; (AK)I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you (AL)would die in your sins, for (AM)unless you believe that (AN)I am he you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to him, (AO)“Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but (AP)he who sent me is true, and I declare (AQ)to the world (AR)what I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that (AS)he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have (AT)lifted up the Son of Man, (AU)then you will know that (AV)I am he, and that (AW)I do nothing on my own authority, but (AX)speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And (AY)he who sent me is with me. (AZ)He has not left me alone, for (BA)I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30 As he was saying these things, (BB)many believed in him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, (BC)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will (BD)know the truth, and the truth (BE)will set you free.” 33 They answered him, (BF)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (BG)everyone who practices sin is a slave[b] to sin. 35 (BH)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (BI)the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet (BJ)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 (BK)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard (BL)from your father.”
You Are of Your Father the Devil
39 They answered him, (BM)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (BN)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40 but now (BO)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth (BP)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (BQ)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (BR)one Father—even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, (BS)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for (BT)I came from God and (BU)I am here. (BV)I came not of my own accord, but (BW)he sent me. 43 (BX)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot (BY)bear to hear my word. 44 (BZ)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (CA)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (CB)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (CC)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 (CD)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. (CE)The reason why you do not hear them is that (CF)you are not of God.”
Before Abraham Was, I Am
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and (CG)have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but (CH)I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet (CI)I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, (CJ)I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never (CK)see death.” 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! (CL)Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet (CM)you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never (CN)taste death.’ 53 (CO)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, (CP)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. (CQ)It is my Father who glorifies me, (CR)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’[c] 55 But (CS)you have not known him. (CT)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be (CU)a liar (CV)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. 56 (CW)Your father Abraham (CX)rejoiced (CY)that he would see my day. (CZ)He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”[d] 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, (DA)I am.” 59 So (DB)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 8
New King James Version
Jesus the Light of the World
8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Now [a]early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and (A)taught them. 3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, [b]this woman was caught in (B)adultery, in the very act. 5 (C)Now [c]Moses, in the law, commanded us [d]that such should be stoned. But what do You [e]say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they (D)might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, [f]as though He did not hear.
7 So when they continued asking Him, He [g]raised Himself up and said to them, (E)“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, (F)being[h] convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up [i]and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers [j]of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, (G)“Neither do I condemn you; go [k]and (H)sin no more.”
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, (I)“I am the light of the world. He who (J)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
Jesus Defends His Self-Witness
13 The Pharisees therefore said to Him, (K)“You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not [l]true.”
14 Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but (L)you do not know where I come from and where I am going. 15 (M)You judge according to the flesh; (N)I judge no one. 16 And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for (O)I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. 17 (P)It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am One who bears witness of Myself, and (Q)the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”
19 Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”
Jesus answered, (R)“You know neither Me nor My Father. (S)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”
20 These words Jesus spoke in (T)the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and (U)no one laid hands on Him, for (V)His hour had not yet come.
Jesus Predicts His Departure
21 Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and (W)you will seek Me, and (X)will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.”
22 So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?”
23 And He said to them, (Y)“You are from beneath; I am from above. (Z)You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 (AA)Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; (AB)for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
25 Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”
And Jesus said to them, “Just what I (AC)have been saying to you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but (AD)He who sent Me is true; and (AE)I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”
27 They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.
28 Then Jesus said to them, “When you (AF)lift[m] up the Son of Man, (AG)then you will know that I am He, and (AH)that I do nothing of Myself; but (AI)as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 And (AJ)He who sent Me is with Me. (AK)The Father has not left Me alone, (AL)for I always do those things that please Him.” 30 As He spoke these words, (AM)many believed in Him.
The Truth Shall Make You Free
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you (AN)abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the (AO)truth, and (AP)the truth shall make you free.”
33 They answered Him, (AQ)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (AR)whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And (AS)a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 (AT)Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Abraham’s Seed and Satan’s
37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but (AU)you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 (AV)I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have [n]seen with your father.”
39 They answered and said to Him, (AW)“Abraham is our father.”
Jesus said to them, (AX)“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 (AY)But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth (AZ)which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father.”
Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; (BA)we have one Father—God.”
42 Jesus said to them, (BB)“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for (BC)I proceeded forth and came from God; (BD)nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 (BE)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 (BF)You are of your father the devil, and the (BG)desires of your father you want to (BH)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and (BI)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 (BJ)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
Before Abraham Was, I AM
48 Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and (BK)have a demon?”
49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and (BL)you dishonor Me. 50 And (BM)I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Most assuredly, I say to you, (BN)if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”
52 Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You (BO)have a demon! (BP)Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ 53 Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. (BQ)Who do You make Yourself out to be?”
54 Jesus answered, (BR)“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. (BS)It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is [o]your God. 55 Yet (BT)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and (BU)keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham (BV)rejoiced to see My day, (BW)and he saw it and was glad.”
57 Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (BX)before Abraham was, (BY)I AM.”
59 Then (BZ)they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, (CA)going[p] through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Footnotes
- John 8:2 M very early
- John 8:4 M we found this woman
- John 8:5 M in our law Moses commanded
- John 8:5 NU, M to stone such
- John 8:5 M adds about her
- John 8:6 NU, M omit as though He did not hear
- John 8:7 M He looked up
- John 8:9 NU, M omit being convicted by their conscience
- John 8:10 NU omits and saw no one but the woman; M He saw her and said,
- John 8:10 NU, M omit of yours
- John 8:11 NU, M add from now on
- John 8:13 valid as testimony
- John 8:28 Crucify
- John 8:38 NU heard from
- John 8:54 NU, M our
- John 8:59 NU omits the rest of v. 59.
Johannesevangeliet 8
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jesus och äktenskapsbryterskan[a]
8 Sedan gick var och en hem till sitt, och Jesus gick till Olivberget. 2 Tidigt på morgonen var han tillbaka på tempelplatsen. Allt folket samlades omkring honom, och han satte sig ner och undervisade dem.
3 Då förde de skriftlärda och fariseerna dit en kvinna som hade blivit gripen för äktenskapsbrott. De ställde henne i mitten 4 och sade: "Mästare[b], den här kvinnan greps på bar gärning när hon begick äktenskapsbrott. 5 I lagen har Mose befallt oss att stena[c] sådana. Vad säger då du?" 6 Detta sade de för att pröva honom och få något att anklaga honom för[d]. Men Jesus böjde sig ner och började skriva med fingret på marken.
7 (A) När de fortsatte fråga honom, reste han sig och sade: "Den av er som är utan synd kan kasta första stenen på henne." 8 Sedan böjde han sig ner igen och skrev på marken. 9 (B) När de hörde detta började de gå därifrån en efter en, de äldste[e] först. Han blev lämnad ensam kvar med kvinnan som stod där. 10 Jesus reste sig upp och sade till henne: "Kvinna, var är de? Har ingen dömt dig?" 11 (C) Hon svarade: "Nej, Herre." Då sade Jesus: "Inte heller jag dömer dig. Gå, och synda nu inte mer!"
Jesus är världens ljus
12 Jesus talade till dem igen och sade: "Jag är världens ljus. Den som följer mig ska inte vandra i mörkret utan ha livets ljus."
13 Fariseerna sade till honom: "Du vittnar om dig själv! Ditt vittnesbörd är inte giltigt." 14 (D) Jesus svarade: "Även om jag vittnar om mig själv är mitt vittnesbörd giltigt, för jag vet varifrån jag kommit och vart jag går. Ni vet inte varifrån jag kommer eller vart jag går. 15 (E) Ni dömer efter det yttre. Jag dömer ingen. 16 (F) Och även om jag dömer är min dom rättvis, för jag är inte ensam, utan Fadern som har sänt mig är med mig. 17 Även i er lag står det skrivet att vad två människor vittnar är giltigt.[f] 18 (G) Jag är den som vittnar om mig själv, och även Fadern som har sänt mig vittnar om mig."
19 (H) Då frågade de: "Var är din Far?" Jesus svarade: "Ni känner varken mig eller min Far. Hade ni känt mig, skulle ni också känna min Far." 20 (I) Dessa ord talade han vid offerkistan när han undervisade på tempelplatsen. Men ingen grep honom, eftersom hans stund ännu inte hade kommit.
21 (J) Än en gång sade Jesus till dem: "Jag går bort och ni ska söka efter mig, men ni kommer att dö i er synd. Dit jag går kan ni inte komma." 22 Då sade judarna: "Tänker han ta sitt liv, eftersom han säger: Dit jag går kan ni inte komma?" 23 (K) Han sade till dem: "Ni är nerifrån, jag är från ovan. Ni är av den här världen, jag är inte av den här världen. 24 Det var därför jag sade till er att ni kommer att dö i era synder. För om ni inte tror att Jag Är[g], ska ni dö i era synder."
25 (L) De frågade: "Vem är du då?" Jesus svarade: "Begynnelsen, vilket jag också har sagt er[h]. 26 (M) Jag har mycket att säga om er och döma er för. Men han som har sänt mig är sann, och det jag hört av honom förkunnar jag för världen." 27 De förstod inte att han talade till dem om Fadern.
28 (N) Då sade Jesus till dem: "När ni har upphöjt[i] Människosonen, då ska ni förstå att Jag Är och att jag inte gör något av mig själv utan talar så som Fadern har lärt mig. 29 (O) Och han som har sänt mig är med mig. Han har inte lämnat mig ensam, för jag gör alltid det som behagar honom." 30 När han sade detta kom många till tro på honom.
Abrahams sanna barn
31 (P) Jesus sade till de judar som hade kommit till tro på honom: "Om ni förblir i mitt ord är ni verkligen mina lärjungar. 32 Ni ska lära känna sanningen, och sanningen ska göra er fria."
33 (Q) De svarade honom: "Vi är Abrahams barn och har aldrig varit slavar under någon. Hur kan du säga att vi ska bli fria?" 34 (R) Jesus svarade: "Jag säger er sanningen: Var och en som ägnar sig åt synd är syndens slav. 35 (S) Slaven är inte kvar i huset för alltid, men sonen är kvar för alltid. 36 Om nu Sonen gör er fria blir ni verkligen fria. 37 Jag vet att ni är Abrahams barn, men ni vill döda mig därför att ni inte tar emot[j] mitt ord. 38 Jag talar vad jag sett hos min Far, ni gör vad ni har hört av er far."[k]
39 (T) De svarade honom: "Vår far är Abraham." Jesus sade: "Om ni vore Abrahams barn skulle ni göra Abrahams gärningar.[l] 40 Men nu vill ni döda mig, en man som har sagt er sanningen, som jag har hört från Gud. Så gjorde inte Abraham. 41 Ni gör er fars gärningar." De svarade: "Vi är inte födda i äktenskapsbrott! Vi har bara en far, Gud."
42 (U) Jesus svarade: "Vore Gud er Far skulle ni älska mig, för jag har utgått från Gud och kommer från honom. Jag har inte kommit av mig själv, utan han har sänt mig. 43 Varför förstår ni inte vad jag säger? Därför att ni inte kan[m] höra mitt ord. 44 (V) Ni har djävulen till far och vill följa er fars begär. Han har varit en mördare från början och har aldrig stått på sanningens sida, för det finns ingen sanning i honom. När han talar lögn talar han utifrån sig själv, för han är en lögnare och lögnens fader. 45 Men jag säger sanningen, och därför tror ni mig inte! 46 Vem av er kan visa att jag skulle ha syndat? Om jag talar sanning, varför tror ni mig inte? 47 (W) Den som är av Gud lyssnar till Guds ord. Men ni lyssnar inte, därför att ni inte är av Gud."
48 (X) Judarna svarade: "Visst har vi rätt när vi säger att du är samarier och besatt av en ond ande?" 49 Jesus svarade: "Jag är inte besatt. Jag ärar min Far, och ni vanärar mig. 50 Jag söker inte min egen ära, men det finns en som söker den och som dömer. 51 (Y) Jag säger er sanningen: Den som bevarar mitt ord ska aldrig någonsin se döden."
52 Judarna sade: "Nu vet vi att du har en ond ande. Abraham dog och likaså profeterna, och du säger: Den som bevarar mitt ord ska aldrig någonsin smaka döden. 53 (Z) Är du större än vår far Abraham? Han dog, och profeterna är döda. Vem tror du att du är?" 54 Jesus svarade: "Om jag ärar mig själv är min ära ingenting värd. Det är min Far som ärar mig, han som ni kallar er Gud. 55 (AA) Ni känner honom inte, men jag känner honom. Om jag sade att jag inte kände honom, skulle jag vara en lögnare som ni. Men jag känner honom och bevarar hans ord. 56 (AB) Abraham, er far, jublade över att få se min dag.[n] Han såg den och gladde sig." 57 Judarna sade: "Du är inte femtio år än, och Abraham har du sett[o]!" 58 Jesus svarade: "Jag säger er sanningen: Jag Är, innan Abraham fanns."
59 (AC) Då tog de upp stenar för att kasta på honom, men Jesus drog sig undan och lämnade tempelplatsen.
Footnotes
- 7:53f Avsnittet 7:53-8:11 saknas i de äldsta handskrifterna och har troligen inte hört till Johannesevangeliet från början. Att det stämmer överens med evangelisternas vittnesbörd är dock omvittnat i fornkyrkan. De flesta handskrifterna placerar avsnittet här, men några få av dem fogar in det på andra ställen, som efter Joh 21:25 eller efter Luk 21:38.
- 8:4 Mästare Annan översättning: "Lärare" (hederstitel, jfr latinets "magister").
- 8:5 befallt oss att stena Se 3 Mos 20:10, 5 Mos 22:22f.
- 8:6 något att anklaga honom för Judarna hade år 6 e Kr fråntagits rätten att utdöma dödsstraff (jfr 18:31), varför en offentlig dödsdom skulle ha inneburit konflikt med den romerska ockupationsmakten.
- 8:9 de äldste Antingen de som var äldst, eller "äldste" i betydelsen styresman (jfr Luk 22:66).
- 8:17 vad två människor vittnar är giltigt Se 5 Mos 19:15 (jfr Joh 5:31f).
- 8:24 Jag Är Anspelning på det högsta gudsnamnet Jhvh, "Jag Är" (2 Mos 3:14). Vid skriftläsningen uttalade man av vördnad aldrig namnet utan ersatte det med Adonai som betyder Herren, ett bruk som även Jesus anslöt sig till (Luk 4:19).
- 8:25 Begynnelsen, vilket jag också har sagt er Annan översättning: "Det jag från begynnelsen har sagt er".
- 8:28 upphöjt på korset (jfr 3:14, 12:32).
- 8:37 tar emot Annan översättning: "har plats för".
- 8:38 ni gör vad ni har hört av er far Andra handskrifter: "så gör vad ni har hört av Fadern".
- 8:39 Om ni vore Abrahams barn skulle ni göra Abrahams gärningar Andra handskrifter: "Om ni är Abrahams barn, gör Abrahams gärningar".
- 8:43 kan Annan översättning: "klarar av att".
- 8:56 Abraham … se min dag Jfr t ex 1 Mos 18:2f, 22:1f, Hebr 11:13.
- 8:57 Abraham har du sett Andra handskrifter: "Abraham har sett dig".
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