John 8:10 (WEB)

Passage

Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”

Nearby Context

John 8:8 Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

John 8:9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.

John 8:10 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”

John 8:11 She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.Isaiah 60:1 He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "They when they heard it being convicted..." into verse 11's "She said No one Lord Jesus said...", so "condemn" and "jesus" 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 "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.