John 8:10 (LSB)

Passage

Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

Nearby Context

John 8:8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

John 8:9 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.

John 8:10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

John 8:11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either. Go, and from now on sin no more.”]

John 8:12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "straightening", "jesus", "said", "woman", and "where". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "straightening", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "When they heard it they began to..." into verse 11's "She said No one Lord And Jesus...", so "condemn" and "straightening" 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 "straightening" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.