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KJB-1611 1 Christ deliuereth the woman taken in adultery. 12 He preacheth himselfe the light of the world, and iustifieth his Doctrine: 33 Answereth the Iewes that boasted of Abraham, 59 And conueigheth himselfe from their crueltie.
(1 Christ deliuereth the woman taken in adultery. 12 He preacheth himself the light of the world, and justifieth his Doctrine: 33 Answereth the Yews that boasted of Abraham, 59 And conueigheth himself from their crueltie.)
1. Jesus forgives the adulterous woman 8:1–112. Jesus says he is the light of the world (8:12–20)3. Jesus says he came from above (8:21–30)4. Jesus says he frees people from sin (8:31–36)5. Jesus describes the true children of Abraham and the children of Satan (8:37–47)6. Jesus is greater than Abraham (8:48–59)Translators may wish to include a note at 8:1 to explain to the reader why they have chosen to translate or to not translate 8:1–11. 7:53–8:11 are not in the best and oldest ancient manuscripts. Those ancient texts which do have these verses also have many differences between them, which are additional evidence that these verses were not originally in the Gospel of John. If the translators have chosen to translate these verses, then they will want to either put them in a footnote outside of the main text or mark them in some way, such as square brackets ([ ]), to indicate that the passage may not have originally been in John’s Gospel. (See: translate-textvariants)
Generally in John’s Gospel, light represents what is true and good and darkness represents what is false and evil. Similar to the discussion of light in 1:4–9, in 8:12 Jesus applies the light metaphor to himself in order to show that he is the embodiment of God’s truth and goodness. Jesus calls himself the Light of the World because he is the one who enables people to know God’s truth and goodness. (See: light)
John records Jesus saying these words as an independent phrase three times in this chapter (8:24, 28, 58). They stand alone as a complete sentence, and they literally translate the Hebrew expression “I AM,” by which Yahweh identified himself to Moses in Exodus 3:14. For these reasons, many people believe that when Jesus said these words he was claiming to be Yahweh. (See: yahweh).
Jesus refers to himself as the “Son of Man” in this chapter (8:28). Your language may not allow people to speak of themselves as if they were speaking about someone else. See the discussion of this concept in Part 3 of the General Introduction to the Gospel of John. (See: sonofman and figs-123person)