Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary John 8:1

"but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives." — John 8:1 (ASV)

Presumably an unknown group of people who had gathered in Jerusalem to listen to Jesus now dispersed, while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives, where he spent the night. This does not fit well with the preceding text because Jesus was not present at the meeting of the Sanhedrin mentioned in 7:45–52.