John 8
Christian Standard Bible
8 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.(A)
An Adulteress Forgiven
2 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.
3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees(E) brought a woman caught in adultery,(F) making her stand in the center. 4 “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.(G) 5 In the law Moses(H) commanded us to stone such women.(I) So what do you say?” 6 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. 7 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) 8 Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. 9 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
- 8:11 Or Sir; Jn 4:15,49; 5:7; 6:34; 9:36
- 8:15 Lit You judge according to the flesh
- 8:31 Or my teaching, or my message, also in v. 37
- 8:33 Or offspring; lit seed, also in v. 37; Jn 7:42
- 8:38 Other mss read of my Father
- 8:43 Or cannot hear
- 8:44 Lit from his own things
- 8:57 Other mss read and Abraham has seen you?
- 8:59 Or Jesus hid himself
- 8:59 Other mss add and having gone through their midst, he passed by
約翰福音 8
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
8 1 耶穌卻到橄欖山去。 2 清早，他又回到聖殿裏。眾百姓都到他那裏去，他就坐下，教導他們。 3 文士和法利賽人帶着一個犯姦淫時被捉的女人來，叫她站在當中， 4 然後對耶穌說：「老師，這女人是正在犯姦淫的時候被捉到的。 5 摩西在律法書上命令我們把這樣的女人用石頭打死。那麼，你怎麼說呢？」 6 他們說這話是要試探耶穌，要抓到控告他的把柄。耶穌卻彎下腰，用指頭在地上寫字。 7 他們還是不住地問他，耶穌就直起腰來，對他們說：「你們中間誰沒有罪，誰就先拿石頭打她！」 8 於是他又彎着腰，用指頭在地上寫字。 9 他們聽見這話，從老的開始，一個一個都走開了，只剩下耶穌一人和那仍然站在中間的女人。 10 耶穌就直起腰來，對她說：「婦人，那些人在哪裏呢？沒有任何人定你的罪嗎？」 11 她說：「主啊，沒有。」耶穌說：「我也不定你的罪。去吧！從今以後不要再犯罪了。」〕[a]
耶穌是世界的光
12 耶穌又對眾人說：「我就是世界的光。跟從我的，必不在黑暗裏走，卻要得着生命的光。」 13 法利賽人對他說：「你是為自己作見證，你的見證不真。」 14 耶穌回答他們，對他們說：「即使我為自己作見證，我的見證還是真的，因為我知道我從哪裏來，到哪裏去。你們卻不知道我從哪裏來，到哪裏去。 15 你們是以人的標準來判斷人，我不判斷任何人。 16 即使我判斷人，我的判斷也是真確的，因為不是我獨自在判斷，而是差我來的父與我一同判斷。 17 你們的律法也記着說：『兩個人的見證才算為真』。 18 我是為自己作見證，還有差我來的父也為我作見證。」 19 於是他們問他：「你的父在哪裏？」耶穌回答：「你們不認識我，也不認識我的父；若是認識我，也會認識我的父。」 20 這些話是耶穌在聖殿的銀庫房裏教導人的時候說的。當時沒有人捉拿他，因為他的時候還沒有到。
我所去的地方你們不能去
21 於是耶穌又對他們說：「我去了，你們會找我，而你們會死在自己的罪中；我所去的地方，你們不能去。」 22 猶太人說：「他說『我所去的地方，你們不能去』，難道他要自殺嗎？」 23 耶穌對他們說：「你們是從下面來的，我是從上面來的；你們是屬這世界的，我不是屬這世界的。 24 所以我對你們說，你們會死在自己的罪中，你們若不信我就是那位，就會死在自己的罪中。」 25 他們就問他：「你到底是誰？」耶穌對他們說：「我從起初就告訴你們了。 26 我有許多事要講論你們，判斷你們；但差我來的那位是真實的，我從他那裏所聽見的，就告訴世人。」 27 他們不明白耶穌是對他們講父的事。 28 所以耶穌說：「你們舉起人子以後就會知道我就是那位了，並且知道我沒有一件事是憑着自己做的。我說這些話是照着父所教導我的。 29 差我來的那位與我同在；他沒有撇下我獨自一人，因為我一直行他所喜悅的事。」 30 耶穌說這些話的時候，有許多人信了他。
真理使你們自由
31 耶穌對信他的猶太人說：「你們若繼續遵守我的道，就真是我的門徒了。 32 你們將認識真理，真理會使你們自由。」 33 他們回答他：「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，從來沒有作過誰的奴隸，你怎麼說『會使你們自由』呢？」 34 耶穌回答他們：「我實實在在地告訴你們，所有犯罪的人就是罪的奴隸。 35 奴隸不能永遠住在家裏；兒子才永遠住在家裏。 36 所以， 神的兒子若使你們自由，你們就真正自由了。」
出於 神的必聽 神的話
37 「我知道，你們是亞伯拉罕的後裔，你們卻想要殺我，因為你們心裏容不下我的道。 38 我所說的是在我父那裏看見的；你們所做的是在你們的父那裏聽到的。」
39 他們回答耶穌：「我們的父是亞伯拉罕。」耶穌對他們說：「你們若是亞伯拉罕的兒女，就會做亞伯拉罕所做的事。 40 我把在 神那裏所聽見的真理告訴了你們，現在你們卻想要殺我；亞伯拉罕沒有做過這樣的事。 41 你們是做你們父的工作。」他們就對他說：「我們不是從淫亂生的，我們只有一位父，就是 神。」 42 耶穌對他們說：「假如 神是你們的父，你們會愛我，因為我本是出於 神，也是從 神而來，我不是憑着自己來，而是他差我來的。 43 你們為甚麼不明白我的話呢？無非是你們聽不進我的道。 44 你們是出於你們的父魔鬼，你們寧願隨着你們父的慾念而行。他從起初就是殺人的，不守真理，因他心裏沒有真理。他說謊是出於自己的本性，因他本來是說謊的，也是說謊者之父。 45 但是，因為我講真理，你們就不信我。 46 你們中間誰能指證我有罪呢？既然我講真理，你們為甚麼不信我呢？ 47 出於 神的，必聽 神的話；你們不聽，因為你們不是出於 神。」
耶穌在亞伯拉罕之先
48 猶太人回答他：「我們說你是撒瑪利亞人，並且是被鬼附的，這話不是很對嗎？」 49 耶穌回答：「我沒有被鬼附；我尊敬我的父，你們卻不尊敬我。 50 我不尋求自己的榮耀，但有一位為我尋求榮耀，判斷是非。 51 我實實在在地告訴你們，人若遵守我的道，就永遠不經歷死亡。」 52 於是猶太人對他說：「現在我們知道你是被鬼附了。亞伯拉罕死了，眾先知也死了，你還說：『人若遵守我的道，就永遠不經歷死亡。』 53 難道你比我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕還大嗎？他死了，眾先知也死了，你把自己當作甚麼人呢？」 54 耶穌回答：「我若榮耀自己，我的榮耀就算不了甚麼；榮耀我的是我的父，就是你們所說的你們的 神。 55 你們不認識他，我卻認識他。我若說不認識他，我就是說謊的，像你們一樣；但我認識他，也遵守他的道。 56 你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕歡歡喜喜地仰望我的日子，他看見了，就快樂。」 57 猶太人就對他說：「你還沒有五十歲，難道見過亞伯拉罕嗎？」 58 耶穌對他們說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，還沒有亞伯拉罕我就存在了。」 59 於是他們拿石頭要打他，耶穌卻躲開，走出了聖殿。
Footnotes
- 8．11 最早的古卷沒有括弧內7．53和8．1–11這段經文；有古卷把它放在約翰福音21．24之後；另有古卷把它放在路加福音21．38之後。
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