John 7:39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 7:40 ¶ Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is the Prophet."
John 7:42 "Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
John 7:43 So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.
John 7:44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
John 7:45 ¶ The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"
John 7:46 The officers answered, "Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks."
John 7:49 "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."
John 7:51 "Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"
John 7:52 They answered him, "You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."
John 7:53 [Everyone went to his home.
John 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
John 8:2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.
John 8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,
John 8:4 they *said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.
John 8:6 They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.
John 8:7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."
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 8:11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."]