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Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 8:10	Strong Concordance	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]?
	King James	When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Woman, &c.--What inimitable tenderness and grace! Conscious of her own guilt, and till now in the hands of men who had talked of stoning her, wondering at the skill with which her accusers had been dispersed, and the grace of the few words addressed to herself, she would be disposed to listen, with a reverence and teachableness before unknown, to our Lord's admonition. "And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more." He pronounces no pardon upon the woman (such as, "Thy sins are forgiven thee" [compare Luk 5:28; Luk 7:48] --"Go in peace" [compare Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50; Luk 8:48]), much less does He say that she had done nothing condemnable; He simply leaves the matter where it was. He meddles not with the magistrate's office, nor acts the Judge in any sense (Joh 12:47). But in saying, "Go and sin no more," which had been before said to one who undoubtedly believed (Joh 5:14), more is probably implied than expressed. If brought suddenly to conviction of sin, admiration of her Deliverer, and a willingness to be admonished and guided by Him, this call to begin a new life may have carried with it what would ensure and naturally bring about a permanent change. (This whole narrative is wanting in some of the earliest and most valuable manuscripts, and those which have it vary to some extent. The internal evidence in its favor is almost overpowering. It is easy to account for its omission, though genuine; but if not so, it is next to impossible to account for its insertion).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Woman, &c.--What inimitable tenderness and grace! Conscious of her own guilt, and till now in the hands of men who had talked of stoning her, wondering at the skill with which her accusers had been dispersed, and the grace of the few words addressed to herself, she would be disposed to listen, with a reverence and teachableness before unknown, to our Lord's admonition. "And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more." He pronounces no pardon upon the woman (such as, "Thy sins are forgiven thee" [compare Luk 5:28; Luk 7:48] --"Go in peace" [compare Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50; Luk 8:48]), much less does He say that she had done nothing condemnable; He simply leaves the matter where it was. He meddles not with the magistrate's office, nor acts the Judge in any sense (Joh 12:47). But in saying, "Go and sin no more," which had been before said to one who undoubtedly believed (Joh 5:14), more is probably implied than expressed. If brought suddenly to conviction of sin, admiration of her Deliverer, and a willingness to be admonished and guided by Him, this call to begin a new life may have carried with it what would ensure and naturally bring about a permanent change. (This whole narrative is wanting in some of the earliest and most valuable manuscripts, and those which have it vary to some extent. The internal evidence in its favor is almost overpowering. It is easy to account for its omission, though genuine; but if not so, it is next to impossible to account for its insertion).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Hath no man condemned thee? - Jesus had directed them, if innocent, to cast a stone, thus to condemn her, or to use the power which he gave them to condemn her. No one of them had done that. They had accused her, but they had not proceeded to the act expressive of judicial condemnation.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Hath no man condemned thee? - Hath no judicial sentence been passed upon thee?

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¹⁴ Afterward [3326] [5023] Jesus [2424] findeth [2147] him [846] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Behold [2396], thou art made [1096] whole [5199]: sin [264] no more [3371], lest [3363] a worse thing [5501] [5100] come [1096] unto thee [4671].

⁴⁷ And [2532] if [3362] any man [5100] hear [191] my [3450] words [4487], and [2532] believe [4100] not [3362], I [1473] judge [2919] him [846] not [3756]: for [1063] I came [2064] not [3756] to [2443] judge [2919] the world [2889], but [235] to [2443] save [4982] the world [2889].

⁴⁸ And [1161] he said [2036] unto her [846], Daughter [2364], be of good comfort [2293]: thy [4675] faith [4102] hath made [4982] thee [4571] whole [4982]; go [4198] in [1519] peace [1515].

⁵⁰ And [1161] he said [2036] to [4314] the woman [1135], Thy [4675] faith [4102] hath saved [4982] thee [4571]; go [4198] in [1519] peace [1515].

³⁴ And [1161] he said [2036] unto her [846], Daughter [2364], thy [4675] faith [4102] hath made [4982] thee [4571] whole [4982]; go [5217] in [1519] peace [1515], and [2532] be [2468] whole [5199] of [575] thy [4675] plague [3148].

⁴⁸ And [1161] he said [2036] unto her [846], Thy [4675] sins [266] are forgiven [863].

²⁸ And [2532] he left [2641] all [537], rose up [450], and followed [190] him [846].