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John 8:20 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. "
John 8:20
Verse in Context
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I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
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John 8:1
"Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."
John 8:2
"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."
John 8:3
"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,"
John 8:4
"They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."
John 8:5
"Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"
John 8:6
"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."
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