YHN 8:1 Interlinear View

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:53–8:11: Jesus protected a woman who committed adultery

The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient documents do not contain this section, John 7:53–8:11. Some English translations, including the GNT, put it in brackets or parentheses. Others, including the NIV, put it in the text. However, they also say that it is almost certainly not part of the original text of John. Yet the passage is very old and may well contain a real narrative of an event in Jesus’ life.

All English translations include it in some way. So you should also include this section so that readers can learn it and refer to it. In addition to the above ways to include it, you can also put it in a footnote.

In this passage, some scribes and Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus who had been caught committing adultery. They said that the law commanded them to stone an adulterer to death and asked Jesus about it. Jesus said that the person who had no sin should throw the first stone. They all left except the woman, and Jesus told her that he did not condemn her and to not sin again.

Here are other possible section titles:

Jesus saved/defended a sinful woman

Jesus refused to condemn a sinful woman

A woman adulterer received forgiveness

Paragraph 7:53–8:2

This paragraph explains the setting of what happened next and introduces the next event in the story. It tells what Jesus did when his opponents tried to cause trouble for him.

8:1

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

¶ But Jesus went to the Mountain called Olives.
¶ Jesus left them and went to the Hill of Olive Trees.

But: The Greek word that the BSB translates as But indicates a development in the story. It also indicates some contrast. The other men went home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives: The Greek phrase the BSB translates as the Mount of Olives refers to a hill where people had planted olive trees. It was just east of Jerusalem on the other side of the Kidron Valley. It is also mentioned in Matthew 21:1, Mark 11:1, and Luke 19:37. Translate it the same way in all the verses.

The top of the Mount of Olives was about 805 meters (2540 feet) above sea level. Some languages may not consider that high enough to be a mountain. It may be more natural to refer to it as a hill. For example:

Olive Tree Hill

hill called Olive PlaceWestern Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 8:1

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 7:53–8:11: Jesus protected a woman who committed adultery

Paragraph 7:53–8:2

8:1

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)