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John 8 — Sermon Preparation
The woman caught in adultery, Jesus's declaration as the light of the world, and his claim to have existed before Abraham. Below is a research summary for John 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 59
- verses
- 1085 / 214
- Greek words / lemmas
- 48
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
John 8 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πατήρ | patḗr | G3962 | 19 | father, parent |
| Ἀβραάμ | Abraám | G11 | 11 | Abraham |
| λαλέω | laléō | G2980 | 11 | preach, say, speak, talk |
| οἶδα | eídō | G1492 | 9 | be aware, behold, can, consider |
| ἀποκρίνομαι | apokrínomai | G611 | 8 | answer |
| ἀλήθεια | alḗtheia | G225 | 7 | true, truly, truth, verity |
| οὐδείς | oudeís | G3762 | 7 | any, aught, man, neither any |
How preachers through history handled this text
48 public-domain excerpts on John 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Christ neither found fault with the law, nor excused the prisoner's guilt; nor did he countenance the pretended zeal of the Pharisees. Those are self-condemned who judge others, and yet do the same thing. All who are any way called to blame the faults of others, are especially concerned to look to themselves, and keep themselves pure. In this matter Christ attended to the great work about which he came into the world, that was, to bring sinners to repentance; not to destroy, but to save. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 8:1–11 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount of Olives— John 8:1
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