淫妇获赦

众人都回家去了,耶稣却上了橄榄山。 第二天清晨,祂又回到圣殿。百姓聚集在祂那里,祂就坐下来教导他们。 这时候,律法教师和法利赛人带来一个通奸时被捉的女人,让她站在众人面前, 然后问耶稣:“老师,这个女人是在通奸时被捉到的。 按摩西的律法,我们要用石头把她打死,你说该怎么处置她呢?”

他们这样问是要使耶稣落在他们的圈套里,可以有借口控告祂。耶稣却只是弯着腰用指头在地上写字。 他们不断地追问耶稣,于是祂直起腰来,对他们说:“你们中间谁没有罪,谁就先拿石头打她吧。” 说完,又弯下腰在地上写字。

他们听了这句话,就从老到少一个一个地走了,只剩下耶稣和那个女人在那里。 10 耶稣直起腰来,说:“妇人,他们到哪里去了?没有人定你的罪吗?”

11 她说:“主啊,没有。”

耶稣说:“我也不定你的罪。回去吧,从今以后不要再犯罪了。”

世界的光

12 耶稣又对众人说:“我是世界的光,凡跟从我的,必不会走在黑暗里,必要得到生命的光。”

13 法利赛人对祂说:“你自己为自己做见证,你的见证不真实。”

14 耶稣说:“即便我自己为自己做见证,我的见证仍是真实的,因为我知道自己从哪里来、要到哪里去,你们却不知道我从哪里来、要到哪里去。 15 你们只凭外表判断别人,我却不判断人。 16 就算我判断人,我的判断也是正确的,因为我不是独自一人,还有差我来的父与我同在。 17 你们的律法不是说两个人做见证就有效吗? 18 我是自己为自己做见证,差我来的父也为我做见证。”

19 他们问:“你的父在哪里?”

耶稣回答说:“你们不认识我,也不认识我的父。如果你们认识我,也会认识我的父。” 20 耶稣在圣殿的库房这样教导人,但没有人抓祂,因为祂的时候还没有到。

警告不信的人

21 耶稣又对他们说:“我要走了,你们会寻找我,你们将死在自己的罪中。我去的地方,你们不能去。”

22 犹太人说:“祂说祂去的地方我们不能去,难道祂想自杀吗?”

23 耶稣对他们说:“你们是从下面来的,我是从上面来的。你们属于这世界,我不属于这世界。 24 所以我说你们将死在自己的罪中,你们如果不相信我就是[a]那一位,一定会死在自己的罪中。”

25 他们问:“你到底是谁?”

耶稣回答说:“我不是早就告诉你们了吗? 26 关于你们,我有许多要说、要审判的,但差我来的那位是真实的,我把从祂那里听到的告诉世人。” 27 他们不明白耶稣是指着父说的。

28 于是耶稣说:“你们举起人子以后,必知道我就是那一位,并且知道我没有一件事是凭自己做的,我所说的都是父教导我的。 29 差我来的那位跟我在一起,祂没有撇下我,让我孤单一人,因为我做的都是祂所喜悦的。” 30 许多人因为这番话而信了耶稣。

真正的自由

31 耶稣对信祂的犹太人说:“你们若持守我的道,就真是我的门徒了。 32 你们必认识真理,真理必叫你们得到自由。”

33 他们说:“我们是亚伯拉罕的子孙,从来没有做过奴隶,你为什么说我们可以得到自由呢?”

34 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们,所有犯罪的人都是罪的奴隶。 35 奴隶不能永远留在主人的家里,只有儿子才可以。 36 所以,如果上帝的儿子释放了你们,你们就真正自由了!

耶稣和亚伯拉罕

37 “我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的子孙,但你们却想杀我,因为你们心里容不下我的道。 38 我所说的,是我从父那里看到的,你们却照着你们父[b]的话去做。”

39 他们说:“我们的父就是亚伯拉罕!”

耶稣说:“你们如果真是亚伯拉罕的子孙,一定会做他所做的事。 40 我把从上帝那里听到的真理告诉你们,你们反要杀我,亚伯拉罕绝不做这样的事。 41 你们是在做你们父所做的事。”

他们说:“我们不是从淫乱生的!我们只有一位父,就是上帝。”

42 耶稣说:“如果上帝是你们的父,你们一定会爱我,因为我来自上帝。如今我在这里,我不是凭自己来的,而是上帝差我来的, 43 你们为什么不明白我的话呢?因为你们听不进去我的道。 44 你们是出于你们的父魔鬼,你们乐意顺着它的私欲行。魔鬼从起初就是个杀人凶手,从不站在真理这一边,因为它心里根本没有真理。撒谎是它的本性,因为它是撒谎者,又是撒谎者的始祖。 45 所以,我讲真理的时候,你们不信我。 46 你们谁能指证我有罪呢?我既然把真理告诉了你们,你们为什么还不信我呢? 47 出于上帝的人听上帝的话,你们不听上帝的话,因为你们不是出于上帝。”

48 犹太人对祂说:“我们说你是撒玛利亚人[c],被鬼附身了,难道不对吗?”

49 耶稣说:“我没有被鬼附身。我尊敬我的父,你们却侮辱我。 50 我不为自己寻求荣耀,但有一位会为我寻求,祂也会断定谁是谁非。 51 我实实在在地告诉你们,人如果遵行我的道,必永远不死。”

52 那些犹太人说:“现在我们的确知道你是被鬼附身了!亚伯拉罕和众先知都死了,你还说人如果遵行你的道,必永远不死。 53 难道你比我们的祖先亚伯拉罕还大吗?他死了,先知们也死了,你以为你是谁?”

54 耶稣说:“如果我为自己争取荣耀,那荣耀算不了什么。但使我得荣耀的是我的父,你们也称祂为你们的上帝。 55 你们不认识祂,我却认识祂。如果我说我不认识祂,那我就像你们一样是说谎的。然而,我认识祂,并且遵行祂的道。 56 你们的祖先亚伯拉罕曾经欢欢喜喜地盼望看见我来的日子。他看见了,就欢喜快乐。”

57 犹太人说:“你还不到五十岁,怎么会见过亚伯拉罕呢?”

58 耶稣说:“我实实在在地告诉你们,亚伯拉罕还没有出生,我就已经存在了[d]。” 59 于是,他们就拿起石头要打祂,耶稣却避开他们,离开了圣殿。

Footnotes

  1. 8:24 耶稣用“我就是”这个词提醒听众祂就是出埃及记3:14节提到的那位自有永有的上帝,8:28同。
  2. 8:38 犹太文化中,“父”可指生身的父,亦可泛指祖先。
  3. 8:48 撒玛利亚人血统不纯,常被犹太人藐视,并当作骂人的话。
  4. 8:58 我就已经存在了”希腊文是“我是”,参见8:24注。

淫婦獲赦

眾人都回家去了,耶穌卻上了橄欖山。 第二天清晨,祂又回到聖殿。百姓聚集在祂那裡,祂就坐下來教導他們。 這時候,律法教師和法利賽人帶來一個通姦時被捉的女人,讓她站在眾人面前, 然後問耶穌:「老師,這個女人是在通姦時被捉到的。 按摩西的律法,我們要用石頭把她打死,你說該怎麼處置她呢?」

他們這樣問是要使耶穌落在他們的圈套裡,可以有藉口控告祂。耶穌卻只是彎著腰用指頭在地上寫字。 他們不斷地追問耶穌,於是祂直起腰來,對他們說:「你們中間誰沒有罪,誰就先拿石頭打她吧。」 說完,又彎下腰在地上寫字。

他們聽了這句話,就從老到少一個一個地走了,只剩下耶穌和那個女人在那裡。 10 耶穌直起腰來,說:「婦人,他們到哪裡去了?沒有人定你的罪嗎?」

11 她說:「主啊,沒有。」

耶穌說:「我也不定你的罪。回去吧,從今以後不要再犯罪了。」

世界的光

12 耶穌又對眾人說:「我是世界的光,凡跟從我的,必不會走在黑暗裡,必要得到生命的光。」

13 法利賽人對祂說:「你自己為自己做見證,你的見證不真實。」

14 耶穌說:「即便我自己為自己做見證,我的見證仍是真實的,因為我知道自己從哪裡來、要到哪裡去,你們卻不知道我從哪裡來、要到哪裡去。 15 你們只憑外表判斷別人,我卻不判斷人。 16 就算我判斷人,我的判斷也是正確的,因為我不是獨自一人,還有差我來的父與我同在。 17 你們的律法不是說兩個人做見證就有效嗎? 18 我是自己為自己做見證,差我來的父也為我做見證。」

19 他們問:「你的父在哪裡?」

耶穌回答說:「你們不認識我,也不認識我的父。如果你們認識我,也會認識我的父。」 20 耶穌在聖殿的庫房這樣教導人,但沒有人抓祂,因為祂的時候還沒有到。

警告不信的人

21 耶穌又對他們說:「我要走了,你們會尋找我,你們將死在自己的罪中。我去的地方,你們不能去。」

22 猶太人說:「祂說祂去的地方我們不能去,難道祂想自殺嗎?」

23 耶穌對他們說:「你們是從下面來的,我是從上面來的。你們屬於這世界,我不屬於這世界。 24 所以我說你們將死在自己的罪中,你們如果不相信我就是[a]那一位,一定會死在自己的罪中。」

25 他們問:「你到底是誰?」

耶穌回答說:「我不是早就告訴你們了嗎? 26 關於你們,我有許多要說、要審判的,但差我來的那位是真實的,我把從祂那裡聽到的告訴世人。」 27 他們不明白耶穌是指著父說的。

28 於是耶穌說:「你們舉起人子以後,必知道我就是那一位,並且知道我沒有一件事是憑自己做的,我所說的都是父教導我的。 29 差我來的那位跟我在一起,祂沒有撇下我,讓我孤單一人,因為我做的都是祂所喜悅的。」 30 許多人因為這番話而信了耶穌。

真正的自由

31 耶穌對信祂的猶太人說:「你們若持守我的道,就真是我的門徒了。 32 你們必認識真理,真理必叫你們得到自由。」

33 他們說:「我們是亞伯拉罕的子孫,從來沒有做過奴隸,你為什麼說我們可以得到自由呢?」

34 耶穌說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,所有犯罪的人都是罪的奴隸。 35 奴隸不能永遠留在主人的家裡,只有兒子才可以。 36 所以,如果上帝的兒子釋放了你們,你們就真正自由了!

耶穌和亞伯拉罕

37 「我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的子孫,但你們卻想殺我,因為你們心裡容不下我的道。 38 我所說的,是我從父那裡看到的,你們卻照著你們父[b]的話去做。」

39 他們說:「我們的父就是亞伯拉罕!」

耶穌說:「你們如果真是亞伯拉罕的子孫,一定會做他所做的事。 40 我把從上帝那裡聽到的真理告訴你們,你們反要殺我,亞伯拉罕絕不做這樣的事。 41 你們是在作你們父所做的事。」

他們說:「我們不是從淫亂生的!我們只有一位父,就是上帝。」

42 耶穌說:「如果上帝是你們的父,你們一定會愛我,因為我來自上帝。如今我在這裡,我不是憑自己來的,而是上帝差我來的, 43 你們為什麼不明白我的話呢?因為你們聽不進去我的道。 44 你們是出於你們的父魔鬼,你們樂意順著牠的私慾行。魔鬼從起初就是個殺人兇手,從不站在真理這一邊,因為牠心裡根本沒有真理。撒謊是牠的本性,因為牠是撒謊者,又是撒謊者的始祖。 45 所以,我講真理的時候,你們不信我。 46 你們誰能指證我有罪呢?我既然把真理告訴了你們,你們為什麼還不信我呢? 47 出於上帝的人聽上帝的話,你們不聽上帝的話,因為你們不是出於上帝。」

48 猶太人對祂說:「我們說你是撒瑪利亞人[c],被鬼附身了,難道不對嗎?」

49 耶穌說:「我沒有被鬼附身。我尊敬我的父,你們卻侮辱我。 50 我不為自己尋求榮耀,但有一位會為我尋求,祂也會斷定誰是誰非。 51 我實實在在地告訴你們,人如果遵行我的道,必永遠不死。」

52 那些猶太人說:「現在我們的確知道你是被鬼附身了!亞伯拉罕和眾先知都死了,你還說人如果遵行你的道,必永遠不死。 53 難道你比我們的祖先亞伯拉罕還大嗎?他死了,先知們也死了,你以為你是誰?」

54 耶穌說:「如果我為自己爭取榮耀,那榮耀算不了什麼。但使我得榮耀的是我的父,你們也稱祂為你們的上帝。 55 你們不認識祂,我卻認識祂。如果我說我不認識祂,那我就像你們一樣是說謊的。然而,我認識祂,並且遵行祂的道。 56 你們的祖先亞伯拉罕曾經歡歡喜喜地盼望看到我來的日子。他看見了,就歡喜快樂。」

57 猶太人說:「你還不到五十歲,怎麼會見過亞伯拉罕呢?」

58 耶穌說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,亞伯拉罕還沒有出生,我就已經存在了[d]。」 59 於是,他們就拿起石頭要打祂,耶穌卻避開他們,離開了聖殿。

Footnotes

  1. 8·24 耶稣用「我就是」這個詞提醒聽衆祂就是出埃及記3·14節提到的那位自有永有的上帝,8·28同。
  2. 8·38 猶太文化中,「父」可指生身的父,亦可泛指祖先。
  3. 8·48 撒瑪利亞人血統不純,常被猶太人藐視,並當作罵人的話。
  4. 8·58 我就已經存在了」希臘文是「我是」,參見8·24注。

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.(A)

An Adulteress Forgiven

At dawn he went to the temple(B) again, and all the people were coming to him.(C) He sat down(D) and began to teach them.

Then the scribes and the Pharisees(E) brought a woman caught in adultery,(F) making her stand in the center. “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.(G) In the law Moses(H) commanded us to stone such women.(I) So what do you say?” They asked this to trap him,(J) in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger. When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, “The one without sin(K) among you(L) should be the first to throw a stone at her.”(M) Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center. 10 When Jesus stood up, he said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, Lord,”[a] she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,”(N) said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]

The Light of the World

12 Jesus spoke to them again: “I am(O) the light(P) of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”(Q)

13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

14 “Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.(R) 15 You judge(S) by human standards.[b](T) I judge no one.(U) 16 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.(V) 17 Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.(W) 18 I am the one who testifies(X) about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

19 Then they asked him, “Where is your Father?”

“You know neither me nor my Father,”(Y) Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”(Z) 20 He spoke these words by the treasury,(AA) while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

21 Then he said to them again, “I’m going away; (AB) you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.(AC) Where I’m going, you cannot come.”(AD)

22 So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’(AE)?”

23 “You are from below,” he told them, “I am from above.(AF) You are of this world; (AG) I am not of this world.(AH) 24 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.”

25 “Who are you?” they questioned.

“Exactly what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them. 26 “I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the one who sent me(AI) is true, and what I have heard from him—these things I tell the world.”(AJ)

27 They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man,(AK) then you will know that I am(AL) he, and that I do nothing on my own.(AM) But just as the Father taught me, I say these things. 29 The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone,(AN) because I always do what pleases him.”

Truth and Freedom

30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word,[c](AO) you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth,(AP) and the truth will set you free.”

33 “We are descendants[d] of Abraham,”(AQ) they answered him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.(AR) 35 A slave does not remain in the household forever,(AS) but a son does remain forever.(AT) 36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. 37 I know you are descendants of Abraham,(AU) but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you. 38 I speak what I have seen(AV) in the presence of the Father; [e](AW) so then, you do what you have heard from your father.”

39 “Our father is Abraham,” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.(AX) 40 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth(AY) that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You’re doing what your father does.”(AZ)

“We weren’t born(BA) of sexual immorality,”(BB) they said. “We have one Father—God.”(BC)

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(BD) because I came from God(BE) and I am here. For I didn’t come on my own, but he sent me. 43 Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to[f] my word.(BF) 44 You are of your father the devil,(BG) and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer(BH) from the beginning(BI) and does not stand in the truth,(BJ) because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[g] because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Who among you can convict me of sin?(BK) If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

Jesus and Abraham

48 The Jews responded to him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you’re a Samaritan(BL) and have a demon?” (BM)

49 “I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50 I do not seek my own glory; (BN) there is one who seeks it and judges. 51 Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word,(BO) he will never see death.”

52 Then the Jews said, “Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be?”

54 “If I glorify myself,” Jesus answered, “my glory is nothing. My Father—about whom you say, ‘He is our God’—he is the one who glorifies me. 55 You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him,(BP) I would be a liar like you. But I do know him,(BQ) and I keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it(BR) and was glad.”

57 The Jews replied, “You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham?” [h]

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”(BS)

59 So they picked up stones(BT) to throw at him.(BU) But Jesus was hidden[i](BV) and went out of the temple.[j](BW)

Footnotes

  1. 8:11 Or Sir; Jn 4:15,49; 5:7; 6:34; 9:36
  2. 8:15 Lit You judge according to the flesh
  3. 8:31 Or my teaching, or my message, also in v. 37
  4. 8:33 Or offspring; lit seed, also in v. 37; Jn 7:42
  5. 8:38 Other mss read of my Father
  6. 8:43 Or cannot hear
  7. 8:44 Lit from his own things
  8. 8:57 Other mss read and Abraham has seen you?
  9. 8:59 Or Jesus hid himself
  10. 8:59 Other mss add and having gone through their midst, he passed by