Juan 8
Palabra de Dios para Todos
8 Pero Jesús se fue al monte de los Olivos. 2 Al amanecer fue otra vez al área del templo, y toda la gente se le acercó. Jesús se sentó y empezó a enseñarles.
3 Los maestros de la ley y los fariseos le llevaron una mujer que había sido sorprendida cometiendo adulterio. La pusieron en medio de ellos y 4 le dijeron a Jesús:
—Maestro, esta mujer fue sorprendida cometiendo adulterio. 5 Moisés nos ordenó en su ley que matemos a pedradas a la mujer que haga esto. ¿Tú qué dices?
6 Ellos le decían esto para ponerlo a prueba. Buscaban algo de qué acusarlo. Él se agachó y empezó a escribir en el suelo con el dedo. 7 Ellos seguían preguntándole lo mismo. Así que se puso de pie y les dijo:
—El que nunca haya pecado que tire la primera piedra.
8 Se volvió a agachar y siguió escribiendo en el suelo. 9 Al escuchar esto, se empezaron a ir de uno en uno y los más viejos se fueron primero. Jesús se quedó solo con la mujer que todavía estaba allí parada. 10 Jesús se puso de pie y le dijo:
—Mujer, ¿dónde están ellos? ¿Alguien te condenó?
11 Ella dijo:
—Nadie, Señor.
Jesús le dijo:
—Tampoco yo te condeno. Vete y de ahora en adelante no peques más.
Jesús es la luz del mundo
12 Luego Jesús les habló otra vez y dijo:
—Yo soy la luz del mundo. El que me sigue nunca andará en la oscuridad, sino que tendrá la luz que da vida.
13 Entonces los fariseos le dijeron:
—Tú estás dando testimonio de ti mismo. Eres el único que dice que eso es verdad. Ese testimonio no es válido.
14 Jesús les contestó:
—Aunque yo doy testimonio a mi favor, mi testimonio es válido porque yo sé de dónde vengo y a dónde voy. Ustedes no saben de dónde vengo ni para dónde voy. 15 Ustedes me juzgan desde el punto de vista humano. Yo no juzgo a nadie. 16 Pero aun si así fuera, mi juicio es válido porque cuando juzgo no estoy solo, sino que el Padre que me envió está conmigo. 17 En su propia ley está escrito que si dos testigos dicen lo mismo, es válido lo que dicen. 18 Pues yo soy un testigo y hablo de mi parte. El Padre que me envió es mi otro testigo.
19 Entonces le preguntaron:
—¿Dónde está tu padre?
Jesús contestó:
—Ustedes no me conocen a mí, ni a mi Padre. Si me conocieran, también conocerían al Padre.
20 Jesús dijo esto mientras enseñaba en el área del templo, cerca del lugar donde la gente deja sus ofrendas. Pero nadie lo arrestó, porque su hora aun no había llegado.
No entienden lo que dice Jesús
21 Él les dijo otra vez:
—Me voy y ustedes me buscarán, pero morirán con su pecado. No pueden ir a donde yo voy.
22 Entonces los líderes judíos comenzaron a preguntar:
—¿Será que se va a suicidar? Puede ser eso, pues él dijo: “No pueden ir a donde yo voy”.
23 Jesús les dijo:
—Ustedes son de aquí abajo y yo soy de arriba. Ustedes pertenecen a este mundo y yo no. 24 Les digo entonces que morirán en sus pecados si no creen que Yo Soy.[a]
Entonces comenzaron a preguntarle:
25 —¿Quién eres tú?
Jesús les contestó:
—Soy quien les he estado diciendo desde el comienzo. 26 Podría decirles muchas cosas para juzgarlos, pero yo sólo digo lo que me dice el que me envió, y él dice la verdad.
27 Ellos no sabían que Jesús les estaba hablando sobre el Padre. 28 Entonces les dijo:
—Cuando ustedes levanten[b] al Hijo del hombre, entonces sabrán que Yo Soy. Sabrán que no hago nada por mi propia cuenta, y entenderán que yo digo sólo lo que el Padre me enseñó. 29 El que me envió está conmigo y nunca me deja solo, porque siempre hago lo que a él le agrada.
30 Mientras Jesús decía estas cosas, muchos creyeron en él.
Jesús habla de la liberación del pecado
31 Luego Jesús empezó a decirles a los judíos que habían creído en él:
—Si ustedes siguen obedeciendo mi enseñanza, serán verdaderamente mis seguidores. 32 Conocerán la verdad, y la verdad los hará libres.
33 Ellos le contestaron:
—Nosotros somos de la familia de Abraham. Nunca hemos sido esclavos de nadie, ¿por qué dices que seremos libres?
34 Jesús les respondió:
—La verdad es que todo el que se la pase pecando es siervo del pecado. 35 Un siervo no se queda para siempre con una familia,[c] pero un hijo siempre pertenece a la familia. 36 Entonces si el Hijo los libera, ustedes serán realmente libres. 37 Yo sé que ustedes son descendencia de Abraham, pero están tratando de matarme porque ustedes no aceptan lo que les enseño. 38 Yo les hablo de lo que mi Padre me mostró, pero ustedes hacen lo que han oído de su padre.
39 Ellos le contestaron:
—¡Nuestro padre es Abraham!
Entonces Jesús les dijo:
—Si ustedes fueran hijos de Abraham, harían lo mismo que él hizo. 40 Sin embargo, ahora ustedes tratan de matarme. Soy un hombre que les ha dicho la verdad que recibió de Dios. ¡Abraham no hizo nada de eso! 41 Ustedes hacen lo que su padre hace.
Ellos le dijeron:
—Nosotros no somos como esos hijos que nunca han conocido a su padre. Tenemos un solo padre, que es Dios.
42 Jesús les dijo:
—Si Dios fuera su padre, me amarían porque yo vengo de Dios y ahora estoy aquí. No vine por mi cuenta, él me envió. 43 ¿Por qué no entienden lo que digo? Porque no pueden aceptar mi mensaje. 44 Ustedes son de su padre el diablo y les gusta hacer las maldades que el diablo quiere que hagan. Desde el comienzo él fue un asesino y no tiene nada que ver con la verdad porque no hay verdad en él. Cuando dice mentiras, habla de lo suyo porque es un mentiroso y padre de la mentira. 45 Yo les digo la verdad, pero ustedes no me creen. 46 ¿Cuál de ustedes puede decir que yo soy culpable de pecado? Si yo les digo la verdad, ¿por qué no me creen? 47 El que pertenece a Dios acepta lo que Dios dice. Ustedes no aceptan lo que Dios dice, porque no son de Dios.
Jesús habla de él mismo y de Abraham
48 Los judíos le respondieron:
—Tú eres como un samaritano, y tienes un demonio que te está volviendo loco. ¿No es cierto que tenemos razón al decir esto?
49 Jesús respondió:
—No tengo ningún demonio. Lo que hago es honrar a mi Padre, pero ustedes me insultan. 50 Yo no busco honor para mí, pero hay alguien que quiere darme honor, y él es quien juzga. 51 Les digo la verdad: el que obedezca mi mensaje, no morirá jamás.
52 Ellos le dijeron:
—Ahora sabemos que tienes un demonio dentro de ti. Abraham y los profetas murieron y tú dices: “El que obedezca mi mensaje no morirá jamás”. 53 ¿Acaso tú eres más importante que nuestro padre Abraham? Él murió y los profetas también. ¿Tú quién te crees?
54 Jesús contestó:
—Si yo me doy honor a mí mismo, eso no vale nada. Mi Padre me honra, el que ustedes dicen que es su Dios. 55 Ustedes no lo conocen, pero yo sí. Si yo dijera que no lo conozco sería un mentiroso como ustedes; pero lo conozco y obedezco lo que él dice. 56 Su antepasado Abraham se alegró mucho de que iba a poder ver el día en que yo viniera. Él lo vio y se puso muy contento.
57 Entonces le dijeron:
—Tú ni siquiera tienes 50 años, ¿cómo dices que has visto a Abraham?
58 Jesús les dijo:
—Les digo la verdad: antes de que Abraham naciera, Yo Soy.
59 Entonces tomaron piedras para tirarle, pero Jesús se escondió y luego se escapó del templo.
Footnotes
- 8:24 Yo Soy Esta expresión es como la que aparece para el nombre de Dios en Éx 3:14. Pero también puede significar Yo soy él (el Mesías). Igual en 8:58.
- 8:28 levanten Se refiere a ser clavado en la cruz y «levantado» para morir en ella. Un segundo significado puede ser el de ser «levantado» de la muerte al cielo.
- 8:35 Un siervo […] una familia Un esclavo podía dejar la familia después de servir por seis años. Ver Gn 21:10; Éx 21:2-6; Dt 15:12-18.
John 8
American Standard Version
8 1 but 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 the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, 4 they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 [a]Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her? 6 And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. 7 But 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. 8 And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. 9 And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst. 10 And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee? 11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.]
12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16 Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 17 Yea and in your law it is written, [b]that the witness of two men is true. 18 I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 19 They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also. 20 These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.
21 He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22 The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that 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 except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, [c]Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world. 27 They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that [d]I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him. 30 As he spake these things, many believed on him.
31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin. 35 And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever. 36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word [e]hath not free course in you. 38 I speak the things which I have seen with [f]my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye [g]were Abraham’s children, [h]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 heard from God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not [i]understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. [j]When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. 45 But because I say the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God. 48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. 50 But 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 word, he shall never see death. 52 The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God; 55 and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced [k]to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. 57 The Jews therefore said 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 born, I am. 59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus [l]hid himself, and went out of the temple[m].
Footnotes
- John 8:5 Lev. 20:10; Dt. 22:22f.
- John 8:17 Compare Dt. 19:15; 17:6.
- John 8:25 Or, Altogether that which I also speak unto you
- John 8:28 Or, I am he: and I do
- John 8:37 Or, hath no place in you
- John 8:38 Or, the Father: do ye also therefore the things which ye heard from the Father.
- John 8:39 Greek are.
- John 8:39 Some ancient authorities read ye do the works of Abraham.
- John 8:43 Or, know
- John 8:44 Or, When one speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for his father also is a liar.
- John 8:56 Or, that he should see
- John 8:59 Or, was hidden, and went etc.
- John 8:59 Many ancient authorities add and going through the midst of them went his way and so passed by.
John 8
Complete Jewish Bible
8 But Yeshua went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At daybreak, he appeared again in the Temple Court, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The Torah-teachers and the P’rushim brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery and made her stand in the center of the group. 4 Then they said to him, “Rabbi, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5 Now in our Torah, Moshe commanded that such a woman be stoned to death. What do you say about it?” 6 They said this to trap him, so that they might have ground for bringing charges against him; but Yeshua bent down and began writing in the dust with his finger. 7 When they kept questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The one of you who is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Then he bent down and wrote in the dust again. 9 On hearing this, they began to leave, one by one, the older ones first, until he was left alone, with the woman still there. 10 Standing up, Yeshua said to her, “Where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, sir.” Yeshua said, “Neither do I condemn you. Now go, and don’t sin any more.”
12 Yeshua spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light which gives life.” 13 So the P’rushim said to him, “Now you’re testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.” 14 Yeshua answered them, “Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony is indeed valid; because I know where I came from and where I’m going; but you do not know where I came from or where I’m going. 15 You judge by merely human standards. As for me, I pass judgment on no one; 16 but if I were indeed to pass judgment, my judgment would be valid; because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the One who sent me. 17 And even in your Torah it is written that the testimony of two people is valid. 18 I myself testify on my own behalf, and so does the Father who sent me.”
19 They said to him, “Where is this ‘father’ of yours?” Yeshua answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father too.” 20 He said these things when he was teaching in the Temple treasury room; yet no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.
21 Again he told them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin — where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 The Judeans said, “Is he going to commit suicide? Is that what he means when he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 Yeshua said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 This is why I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not trust that I AM [who I say I am], you will die in your sins.”
25 At this, they said to him, “You? Who are you?” Yeshua answered, “Just what I’ve been telling you from the start. 26 There are many things I could say about you, and many judgments I could make. However, the One who sent me is true; so I say in the world only what I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that he was talking to them about the Father. 28 So Yeshua said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM [who I say I am], and that of myself I do nothing, but say only what the Father has taught me. 29 Also, the One who sent me is still with me; he did not leave me to myself, because I always do what pleases him.”
30 Many people who heard him say these things trusted in him. 31 So Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted him, “If you obey what I say, then you are really my talmidim, 32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered, “We are the seed of Avraham and have never been slaves to anyone; so what do you mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?” 34 Yeshua answered them, “Yes, indeed! I tell you that everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin. 35 Now a slave does not remain with a family forever, but a son does remain with it forever. 36 So if the Son frees you, you will really be free! 37 I know you are the seed of Avraham. Yet you are out to kill me, because what I am saying makes no headway in you. 38 I say what my Father has shown me; you do what your father has told you!”
39 They answered him, “Our father is Avraham.” Yeshua replied, “If you are children of Avraham, then do the things Avraham did! 40 As it is, you are out to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Avraham did nothing like that! 41 You are doing the things your father does.” “We’re not illegitimate children!” they said to him. “We have only one Father — God!” 42 Yeshua replied to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me; because I came out from God; and now I have arrived here. I did not come on my own; he sent me. 43 Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? Because you can’t bear to listen to my message. 44 You belong to your father, Satan, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. From the start he was a murderer, and he has never stood by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is speaking in character; because he is a liar — indeed, the inventor of the lie! 45 But as for me, because I tell the truth you don’t believe me. 46 Which one of you can show me where I’m wrong? If I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God listens to what God says; the reason you don’t listen is that you don’t belong to God.”
48 The Judeans answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying you are from Shomron and have a demon?” 49 Yeshua replied, “Me? I have no demon. I am honoring my Father. But you dishonor me. 50 I am not seeking praise for myself. There is One who is seeking it, and he is the judge. 51 Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever obeys my teaching will never see death.”
52 The Judeans said to him, “Now we know for sure that you have a demon! Avraham died, and so did the prophets; yet you say, ‘Whoever obeys my teaching will never taste death.’ 53 Avraham avinu died; you aren’t greater than he, are you? And the prophets also died. Who do you think you are?” 54 Yeshua answered, “If I praise myself, my praise counts for nothing. The One who is praising me is my Father, the very one about whom you keep saying, ‘He is our God.’ 55 Now you have not known him, but I do know him; indeed, if I were to say that I don’t know him, I would be a liar like you! But I do know him, and I obey his word. 56 Avraham, your father, was glad that he would see my day; then he saw it and was overjoyed.”
57 “Why, you’re not yet fifty years old,” the Judeans replied, “and you have seen Avraham?” 58 Yeshua said to them, “Yes, indeed! Before Avraham came into being, I AM!” 59 At this, they picked up stones to throw at him; but Yeshua was hidden and left the Temple grounds.
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