John 8:59 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.”

John 8:59

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Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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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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