John 8:11 (DBY)

Passage

And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Nearby Context

John 8:9 But they, having heard [that], went out one by one beginning from the elder ones until the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing there.

John 8:10 And Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Has no one condemned thee?

John 8:11 And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "said", "jesus", "neither", and "thee". 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 lifting himself up and seeing..." into verse 12's "Again therefore Jesus spoke to 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.