John 8:11 (YLT)

Passage

and she said, `No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, `Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'

Nearby Context

John 8:9 and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders--unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

John 8:10 And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, `Woman, where are those--thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'

John 8:11 and she said, `No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, `Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'

John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

John 8:13 The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And Jesus having bent himself back and..." into verse 12's "Again therefore Jesus spake to them saying...", so "said" 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 "said" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.