John 8:2
New International Version
At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.

New Living Translation
but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.

English Standard Version
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Berean Standard Bible
Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.

Berean Literal Bible
And early in the morning again He came into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him. And having sat down, He was teaching them.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.

New American Standard Bible
And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began teaching them.

NASB 1995
Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.

NASB 1977
And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.

Amplified Bible
Early in the morning He came back into the temple [court], and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began teaching them.

Christian Standard Bible
At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At dawn He went to the temple complex again, and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began to teach them.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all the people came to him, and when he sat, he taught them.

Contemporary English Version
Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The people came to him, and he sat down and started teaching them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and sitting down he taught them.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Early the next morning he returned to the temple courtyard. All the people went to him, so he sat down and began to teach them.

Good News Translation
Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

International Standard Version
At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

Literal Standard Version
and all the people were coming to Him, and having sat down, He was teaching them;

Majority Standard Bible
Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.

New American Bible
But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them.

NET Bible
Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

New Revised Standard Version
Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them.

New Heart English Bible
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.

Weymouth New Testament
At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;

World English Bible
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

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Context
The Woman Caught in Adultery
1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them. 3The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them…

Cross References
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

Matthew 26:55
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

Luke 21:38
And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.

John 8:3
The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them

John 8:20
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

Acts 5:21
At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin--the full assembly of the elders of Israel--and sent to the jail for the apostles.


Treasury of Scripture

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them.

early.

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Jeremiah 25:3
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

and he.

Matthew 5:1,2
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: …

Matthew 26:55
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

Luke 4:20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

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John 8
1. Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.
12. He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;
31. promises freedom to those who believe;
33. answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;
48. answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;
59. and slips away from those who would stone him.














(2) And early in the morning he came again into the temple.--This agrees with His custom during the week preceding the Crucifixion. (Comp. Luke 21:37-38.) The words, "and He sat down and taught them," are not found in the Cambridge MS., which is the oldest authority for the section.

Verse 2. - Now at daybreak. The word ὄρθρου does not occur in John; πρωί and πρωία are our evangelist's words for "early morning," though ὑπὸ τὸν ὄρθρον is found in Luke 24:1 and Acts 5:21. He came again to the temple (the temple courts - ἱερόν, not ναός, is here used); and all the people came to him. The form πᾶς ὁ λαός is a deviation from John's usual phrase, although λαός is found in John 11:50 and John 18:14. There is some ground for the deviation. The scenes of the previous day had been broken up into various groups. The favouring crowd from the provinces sympathized with a portion of the Jerusalem populace; then the hostile crowd at the beck of the authorities had been checked by the "officers" who had been themselves baffled and thunderstruck with the dignity and claims of Jesus. Great excitement had prevailed, and before the stormy scenes and recriminations of the previous day recommenced, the whole temple throng came unto him. If the eighth day of the feast was referred to - i.e. if the great day of the feast were the eighth day - the difficulty of the whole people having gathered about him is diminished, because there were special gatherings for the eighth day (see notes, John 7:37). It might have seemed that they had composed their differences, and were now waiting some symptom and signal of the great Leader's will. [And he sat down, and was teaching them.] This expression is synoptic rather than Johanninc; i.e. it belongs to the methods of the Galilaean ministry (Matthew 5:1; Mark 9:35) rather than to the hostile encounters of the metropolis (but see Matthew 23:2). He was prepared for long discourse and various instruction. Here, as in John 7:14, the word ἐδίδασκε is used without specifying the topic or theme on which he dwelt. The calm morning was soon overclouded, and the people violently excited, by a very ominous disturbance, planned with subtle care and malicious intention on the part of the authorities, who were ready at all costs and by any device to break the spell which Jesus was exerting over some of the people.

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Greek
Early in the morning
Ὄρθρου (Orthrou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3722: Early dawn, day-break. From the same as oros; dawn; by extension, morn.

He went [back]
παρεγένετο (paregeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3854: From para and ginomai; to become near, i.e. Approach; by implication, to appear publicly.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple courts.
ἱερόν (hieron)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple.

All
πᾶς (pas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people
λαὸς (laos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

came
ἤρχετο (ērcheto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Him,
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He sat down
καθίσας (kathisas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.

to teach
ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

them.
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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