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John 8:2
Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus returns to the temple courts early in the morning after spending the night on the Mount of Olives, where all the people gather and He sits to teach them. This public instruction immediately precedes the arrival of the scribes and Pharisees with a woman caught in adultery.
The words — The Greek ὄρθρου (orthrou) literally means "early in the morning," and πάλιν (palin) means "again," marking His deliberate return to the temple courts.
The thread — This daily cycle of temple teaching and evening retreat to the Mount of Olives matches Luke 21:37. His public teaching posture in the temple courts also aligns with the setting described in Matthew 26:55.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note Jesus’ consistent, public commitment to instruction before facing a deliberate trap by religious leaders. It demands recognition that His teaching presence establishes the context for the legal and moral confrontation that follows.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Matthew 26:55 At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- Luke 4:20 Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
- Luke 21:37 Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- Matthew 5:1 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,
- Luke 5:3 Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Jeremiah 25:3 “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 44:4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
- John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- John 8:20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.