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Selected Verse: John 8:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Joh 8:20 |
Strong Concordance |
These [5023] words [4487] spake [2980] Jesus [2424] in [1722] the treasury [1049], as he taught [1321] in [1722] the temple [2411]: and [2532] no man [3762] laid hands [4084] on him [846]; for [3754] his [846] hour [5610] was [2064] not yet [3768] come [2064]. |
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King James |
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
These words spake Jesus in the treasury--a division, so called, of the fore court of the temple, part of the court of the women [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 19.6.2, &c.], which may confirm the genuineness of Joh 8:2-11, as the place where the woman was brought.
no man laid hands on him, &c.--(See on Joh 7:30). In the dialogue that follows, the conflict waxes sharper on both sides, till rising to its climax, they take up stones to stone him. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The treasury - See the notes at Mat 21:12.
His hour was not yet come - The time for him to die had not yet arrived, and God restrained them, and kept his life. This proves that God has power over wicked men to control them, and to make them accomplish his own purposes. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The Treasury (γαζοφυλακίῳ)
From γάζα, treasure, a Persian word, occurring only once in the New Testament (Act 8:27), and φυλακή, guard. Used by John only here. The Treasury was in the Court of the Women, so called, not because it was appropriated to the worship of women exclusively, but because they were not allowed to proceed further, except for sacrificial purposes. The court covered a space upwards of two hundred feet square, and was surrounded by a colonnade, within which, and against the wall, were the thirteen trumpet-shaped chests, called "trumpets" from their shape, for charitable contributions. This court was the most public part of the temple.
And no man laid hands on Him (καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπίασεν αὐτὸν)
Notice the connection with the previous sentence by the simple and, where another writer would have said and yet: the sense being that though Jesus was teaching where He might easily have been apprehended, yet no one attempted to arrest Him. See on Joh 1:10. Laid hands on is better rendered, as elsewhere, took (compare Joh 7:30). The inconsistency of the A.V. in the renderings of the same word, of which this is only one of many instances, is noteworthy here from the fact that in the only two passages in which John uses the phrase laid hands on (Joh 7:30; Joh 7:44), he employs the common formula, ἐπιβάλλειν τὰς χεῖρας, or τὴν χεῖρα, and in both these passages the word πιάσαι is rendered take. The use of this latter word is confined almost exclusively to John, as it is found only three times elsewhere (Act 3:7; Act 12:4; Co2 11:32). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The treasury - Lightfoot observes, from the rabbins, that the treasury was in what was called the court of the women - that there were thirteen chests in it; in the thirteenth only the women were permitted to put their offerings. Probably the other twelve were placed there in reference to the twelve tribes; each perhaps inscribed with the name of one of Jacob's twelve sons.
It seems that our Lord sometimes sat in this court to teach the people. See Mar 12:41, etc.
His hour was not yet come - The time was not arrived, in which he had determined to give himself up into the hands of his crucifiers. |
30 Then [3767] they sought [2212] to take [4084] him [846]: but [2532] no man [3762] laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] him [846], because [3754] his [846] hour [5610] was [2064] not yet [3768] come [2064].
2 And [1161] early in the morning [3722] he came [3854] again [3825] into [1519] the temple [2411], and [2532] all [3956] the people [2992] came [2064] unto [4314] him [846]; and [2532] he sat down [2523], and taught [1321] them [846].
3 And [1161] the scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330] brought [71] unto [4314] him [846] a woman [1135] taken [2638] in [1722] adultery [3430]; and [2532] when they had set [2476] her [846] in [1722] the midst [3319],
4 They say [3004] unto him [846], Master [1320], this [3778] woman [1135] was taken [2638] in adultery [3431], in the very act [1888].
5 Now [1161] Moses [3475] in [1722] the law [3551] commanded [1781] us [2254], that such [5108] should be stoned [3036]: but [3767] what [5101] sayest [3004] thou [4771]?
6 [1161] This [5124] they said [3004], tempting [3985] him [846], that [2443] they might have [2192] to accuse [2723] him [846]. But [1161] Jesus [2424] stooped [2955] down [2736], and with his finger [1147] wrote [1125] on [1519] the ground [1093], as though he heard [4364] them not [3361].
7 So [1161] when [5613] they continued [1961] asking [2065] him [846], he lifted up himself [352], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], He that is without sin [361] among you [5216], let him [906] first [4413] cast [906] a stone [3037] at [1909] her [846].
8 And [2532] again [3825] he stooped [2955] down [2736], and wrote [1125] on [1519] the ground [1093].
9 And [1161] they which heard [191] it, [2532] being convicted [1651] by [5259] their own conscience [4893], went out [1831] one by one [1527], beginning [756] at [575] the eldest [4245], even unto [2193] the last [2078]: and [2532] Jesus [2424] was left [2641] alone [3441], and [2532] the woman [1135] standing [2476] in [1722] the midst [3319].
10 When [1161] Jesus [2424] had lifted up himself [352], and [2532] saw [2300] none [3367] but [4133] the woman [1135], he said [2036] unto her [846], Woman [1135], where [4226] are [1526] those [1565] thine [4675] accusers [2725]? hath [2632] no man [3762] condemned [2632] thee [4571]?
11 [1161] She said [2036], No man [3762], Lord [2962]. And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto her [846], Neither [3761] do [2632] I [1473] condemn [2632] thee [4571]: go [4198], and [2532] sin [264] no more [3371].
12 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went [1525] into [1519] the temple [2411] of God [2316], and [2532] cast out [1544] all them [3956] that sold [4453] and [2532] bought [59] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] overthrew [2690] the tables [5132] of the moneychangers [2855], and [2532] the seats [2515] of them that sold [4453] doves [4058],
32 In [1722] Damascus [1154] the governor [1481] under Aretas [702] the king [935] kept [5432] the city [4172] of the Damascenes [1153] with a garrison [5432], desirous [2309] to apprehend [4084] me [3165]:
4 And [3739] [2532] when he had apprehended [4084] him, he put [5087] him in [1519] prison [5438], and delivered [3860] him to four [5064] quaternions [5069] of soldiers [4757] to keep [5442] him [846]; intending [1014] after [3326] Easter [3957] to bring [321] him [846] forth [321] to the people [2992].
7 And [2532] he took [4084] him [846] by the right [1188] hand [5495], and lifted him up [1453]: and [1161] immediately [3916] his [846] feet [939] and [2532] ankle bones [4974] received strength [4732].
44 And [1161] some [5100] of [1537] them [846] would [2309] have taken [4084] him [846]; but [235] no man [3762] laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] him [846].
30 Then [3767] they sought [2212] to take [4084] him [846]: but [2532] no man [3762] laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] him [846], because [3754] his [846] hour [5610] was [2064] not yet [3768] come [2064].
30 Then [3767] they sought [2212] to take [4084] him [846]: but [2532] no man [3762] laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] him [846], because [3754] his [846] hour [5610] was [2064] not yet [3768] come [2064].
10 He was [2258] in [1722] the world [2889], and [2532] the world [2889] was made [1096] by [1223] him [846], and [2532] the world [2889] knew [1097] him [846] not [3756].
27 And [2532] he arose [450] and went [4198]: and [2532], behold [2400], a man [435] of Ethiopia [128], an eunuch [2135] of great authority [1413] under Candace [2582] queen [938] of the Ethiopians [128], who [3739] had [2258] the charge of [1909] all [3956] her [846] treasure [1047], and [3739] had come [2064] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419] for to worship [4352],
41 And [2532] Jesus [2424] sat [2523] over against [2713] the treasury [1049], and beheld [2334] how [4459] the people [3793] cast [906] money [5475] into [1519] the treasury [1049]: and [2532] many [4183] that were rich [4145] cast in [906] much [4183].