John 8:1

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

John 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:1

Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives.
] Which lay eastward of Jerusalem, about a mile from it; hither Christ went on the evening of the last day of the feast of tabernacles; partly to decline the danger, and avoid the snares the Jews might lay for him in the night season; having been disappointed and confounded in the daytime; and it may be for the sake of recreation and diversion, to sup with his dear friends Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, who lived at Bethany, not far from this mount; and chiefly for private prayer to God, on account of himself as man, and for his disciples, and for the spread of his Gospel, and for the enlargement of his interest; this being his common and usual method, ( Luke 21:37 ) .

John 8:1 In-Context

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;

3 and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put the case to Him.

4 "Rabbi," they said, "this woman has been found in the very act of committing adultery.

5 Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?"