John 8:11 (ASV)

Passage

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.

Nearby Context

John 8:9 And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.

John 8:10 And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?

John 8:11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from henceforth sin no more.

John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "said", "lord", "jesus", "neither", "thee", and "henceforth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And Jesus lifted up himself and said..." into verse 12's "Again therefore Jesus spake unto them saying...", so "condemn" and "said" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "condemn" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.